She was married four times and had 4 children: (1) Charles Kaigler, one daughter Ruth D. Kaigler; (2) Robert McClure, one daughter: Mamie McClure who was adopted by Mr. & Mrs. David Epple of Newton KS; they named her Flossie Pearl Epple; (3) Count Arthur E. Erbach, one son E. Erback who died as an infant and is buried at Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, AR; (4) Dell Andrews, one daughter Jenette Steele Andrews Vignolo Scott.
"Pearl" had one brother: James Edwin "Eddie" Reed [name is in dispute, some sources say his name was Edwin Benton Reed]. Eddie spurned Pearl when he learned she had worked as a prostitute to earn money for his release from prison.
Pearl had her mother, Belle Starr's tombstone engraved with her mother's favorite mare "Venus" and had written a 4-line poem that says: "Shed not for the bitter tear, nor give the heart to vain regret, Tis but a casket that lies here, the gem that filled it sparkles yet."
She had lived at Younger's Bend in OK with her brother Eddie; when Eddie went to prison, she earned her living by being a prostitute in brothels in Fort Smith and Van Buren, AR.
She died quietly in Douglas, AZ, with no one knowing who she was.
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She worked and lived at Miss Laura's in Ft. Smith. Her name is over a door upstairs. I worked there in the 87-88 Miss Laura's Social Club and Restaurant. She took over in 1920's from Miss Laura till 1930's.
~Contributed by Find A Grave member Raymond Anders
She was married four times and had 4 children: (1) Charles Kaigler, one daughter Ruth D. Kaigler; (2) Robert McClure, one daughter: Mamie McClure who was adopted by Mr. & Mrs. David Epple of Newton KS; they named her Flossie Pearl Epple; (3) Count Arthur E. Erbach, one son E. Erback who died as an infant and is buried at Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, AR; (4) Dell Andrews, one daughter Jenette Steele Andrews Vignolo Scott.
"Pearl" had one brother: James Edwin "Eddie" Reed [name is in dispute, some sources say his name was Edwin Benton Reed]. Eddie spurned Pearl when he learned she had worked as a prostitute to earn money for his release from prison.
Pearl had her mother, Belle Starr's tombstone engraved with her mother's favorite mare "Venus" and had written a 4-line poem that says: "Shed not for the bitter tear, nor give the heart to vain regret, Tis but a casket that lies here, the gem that filled it sparkles yet."
She had lived at Younger's Bend in OK with her brother Eddie; when Eddie went to prison, she earned her living by being a prostitute in brothels in Fort Smith and Van Buren, AR.
She died quietly in Douglas, AZ, with no one knowing who she was.
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She worked and lived at Miss Laura's in Ft. Smith. Her name is over a door upstairs. I worked there in the 87-88 Miss Laura's Social Club and Restaurant. She took over in 1920's from Miss Laura till 1930's.
~Contributed by Find A Grave member Raymond Anders
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