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Aida Lester “Ada Everleigh” Simms

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Aida Lester “Ada Everleigh” Simms

Birth
Greene County, Virginia, USA
Death
3 Jan 1960 (aged 95)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
NE Quadrant, near SIMMS monument
Memorial ID
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Madame. Aida (originally spelled Ada) was one half of the Everleigh sisters who ran a brothel in Chicago from 1899-1912. The story of the sisters' lives in covered in the books 'Sin In The Second City' by Karen Abbott and 'Come Into My Parlor' by Charles Washburn.They are interred next to one another in their family plot which includes their father (Montgomery), mother (Virginia), and a sister.
Madame. Aida (originally spelled Ada) was one half of the Everleigh sisters who ran a brothel in Chicago from 1899-1912. The story of the sisters' lives in covered in the books 'Sin In The Second City' by Karen Abbott and 'Come Into My Parlor' by Charles Washburn.They are interred next to one another in their family plot which includes their father (Montgomery), mother (Virginia), and a sister.


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  • Created by: Abby Kay
  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22443677/aida_lester-simms: accessed ), memorial page for Aida Lester “Ada Everleigh” Simms (21 Feb 1864–3 Jan 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22443677, citing Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Abby Kay (contributor 46537368).