Supposedly she owned and operated a brothel and had wild and crazy nights with local men. She refused to have any part of common or inferior material goods, and that word spread quickly to the town. In 1931 her impressive castle was built across the road from her farmhouse. Her castle is the only one that Chesterfield has ever known. Madam Sherri's story has taken on the aspect of legend or tale.
Hard facts are difficult to come by.
Some say she came to the U.S. after marrying Andre Macaluso, a French actor. For some strange reason they changed their last name not once but twice. Finally they settled on the name Sherri. The marriage was of very short duration, and poor Andre met an unpleasant end in a Bridgehampton, N.Y. sanitarium. The story goes that, during their brief marriage, the couple became foster parents to Charles Le Maire.