Eliza Haycraft
Eliza Haycraft was a brothel madam who amassed a great fortune, donating money to the widows and orphans of Civil War veterans.
Biography
Haycraft was born on the 14th of Febuary, 1820. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri from Callaway County, Missouri in 1840, reportedly arriving in a canoe.[1] She fled because she was seduced by a lover and ostracized from her town, arriving in St. Louis destitute, with only the option of selling herself as a courtesan.[2]
Name: Eliza Stubblefield Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1860 Event Place: 4th Ward St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States Gender: Female Age: 30 Race: White Race (Original): [Blank] Occupation: Birth Year (Estimated): 1830 Birthplace: Massachusetts Page: 4 Household ID: 30 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M653 Affiliate Film Number: 649 GS Film Number: 803649 Digital Folder Number: 005170230 Image Number: 00008
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Eliza Haycraft F 36 Missouri
Eliza Stubblefield F 30 Massachusetts
Anna Carpenter F 16 Ireland
Molly Try F 18 Missouri
Liza Preslon F 20 Ohio
Belle Keys F 22 Ohio
Fannie Howard F 25 Ohio
Ida Temple F 20 Maine
Louisa Clark F 20 Missouri
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZP-2RK : 14 December 2017), Louisa Clark in entry for Eliza Haycraft, 1860.
- ^ Holleman, Joe (22 May 2016). "Spotlight: Eliza Haycraft, St. Louis' Civil War madam, still snubbed in final repose". St. Louis Dispatch. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Shepley, Carol Ferring (2008). Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetary. Missouri History Museum. p. 153-155. ISBN 1883982650.