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= Kate King Clarke Quantrill = Birth and parents

Father: Robert King

Born 1848--https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/sarah-quantrill/

Marriages--LINK to William Clarke Quantrill and other husbands

According to an interview she gave in 1926 for the Kansas City Star, she met William Clarke Quantrill in the fall of 1861 when he and his men were camping on her father's land. She was thirteen and he was twenty-five. Her parents forbade her to have a relationship with Quantrilll, but she ignored them. Instead, she ran away and, according to her account, married him in a small ceremony with a preacher six miles from her home.

Guerilla Rides

Brothel Management

Between approximately 1865 and 1880, Kate, using the name Kate Clarke, owned and operated a profitable brothel in St. Louis, Missouri. Her first brothel was located at 112 Sixth Street in 1870. By 1873, she had moved to a larger building--formerly St. Luke's Hospital--at Sixth and Elm. She paid $2000 in rent per year and also spent $8,000 improving the building.

Eliza Haycraft--LINK was an influential madam who preceded Clarke. She had "a vast brothel empire" and was both wealthy and influential.

Arrests and Trials

William Greenleaf Eliot--ADD LINK targeted Clarke's brothel as part of a campaign against prostitution, also known as the "social evil." His efforts were especially important during this time because prostitution was legal. Between 1870 and 1874, prostitution was legalized and regulated under The Social Evil Ordinance--ADD LINK.

Later Years and Death

Died on January 9, 1930 at age 82 at the Jackson County Home for the Aged (the Poor House)--https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/sarah-quantrill/