Andrew Johnson - Mistress

[Steve]

I found a possible candidate for Ella/Nellie Starr in a later records. There was a prostitute of the same name and age living in Baxter Springs, Kansas in 1870. Although the census record lists a different birthplace Canada instead of Maryland and there may be a younger sister or relative named Carrie Starr at the Baxter Springs brothel which as far as I can tell isn't mentioned in any of the accounts of Booth's Ella Starr. Also don't forget the 1883 newspaper accounts of the fight over Ella's brother estate seem to imply Ella was living in Maryland or New York.

So I'm not sure these two Nellie Starrs are the same person but I thought I'd share what I've found to see what your thoughts are.

Baxter Springs, Kansas Nellie Starr 1870 census:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJJ-HDG

Baxter Springs Museum webpage mentioning Nellie Starr (scroll down to "THE MURDERS OF OUR TWO MARSHALS"):

http://www.baxterspringsmuseum.org/Cowtown.html

18 November 1870 Emporia Weekly news blurb mentioning Baxter Springs Starr: