Booth's mistress, Ella Starr, and other "unknown" Booth ladies!

[Laurie Verge]

For years, I always thought that Ella's domicile in D.C. (her sister's brothel) was at 13th and Ohio. However, in finding some things for Jenny, I pulled out the Provost Marshal's records for the Department of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, 1864-65 (Vol. 298, RG 393, National Archives). They contained a list of all the bawdy houses in the nation's capital.

Mollie Turner, Ella's sister, ran an establishment at No. 62, C Street - not 13th and I nor Ohio - according to those records. A Louise Turner ran another at 406 19th Street. I doubt there is a family connection.

BTW: Mollie's establishment carried a first-class rating and had three "inmates," the latter being a term used for inhabitants of any dwelling. Louise's was also first-class with five inmates.