TerryB
Lt. Colonel
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2008
- Location
- Nashville TN
Belle Boyd has some gaps in her bio that are hard to reconcile. Many sources say her second husband, Sam Hardinge died in England in 1866. However, I've turned up at least two news accounts from January, 1869 saying that the Supreme Court of New York had granted her a divorce. She didn't marry her third husband until later in that year. In November 1869, she was committed to an insane asylum in San Francisco, and was released in December of that year, having given birth to a child.
In this article, a review (favorable I might add) of her stage performances is given, along with some of her Civil War exploits. Southern audiences/ critics tended to lavish praise on her, while the New York papers were underwhelmed. In Memphis, N.B. Forrest and James Chalmers attended her performance in October 1867 and, along with a host of others, invited her out to dinner in oder that they might "bestow a benefit" on her. I guess that means a little something in her Christmas envelope.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015775/1869-03-07/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1868&index=16&rows=20&words=Bell+belle+Belle+Boyd&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1869&proxtext=belle+boyd&y=15&x=20&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
In this article, a review (favorable I might add) of her stage performances is given, along with some of her Civil War exploits. Southern audiences/ critics tended to lavish praise on her, while the New York papers were underwhelmed. In Memphis, N.B. Forrest and James Chalmers attended her performance in October 1867 and, along with a host of others, invited her out to dinner in oder that they might "bestow a benefit" on her. I guess that means a little something in her Christmas envelope.
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