The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-28
BEARDED LADY DEAD.
Famous Freak Passes Away From
 Consumption.

New York Special to Baltimore Sun.
 Annie Jones' the bearded woman of Barnum's museum, known for years among museum freaks as "Jonesy," lies dead at the home of her mother, Mrs. Pogue, at 1S7 Cornelia street Brooklyn. She was probably the most widely adver- tised freak that every travelled with Bar num's show and for thirty-six years, ever since she was a year old was ex- hibited before the public She was known throughout Europe as well as in this country, and took great delight relating her experiences in the palaces of for eign potentates. She had met and made acquaintance of all the Kings and Queens of her time, and her mothers home in Brooklyn is filled with souvenirs of these meetings.
 Mrs. Pogue told last night the story of her daughters life.
 "She was Mrs. William Donovan at the time of her death" she said "Of course, to the public she was always known as Annie Jones, but that was her maiden name. Annie was born in Smith county, | Virginia, on July f. 1865. Her father was my first husband, Elisha Jones' At her birth Annies face was covered with hair and we called her Esua, on account of this hairy growth. She was just g months old when P. T. Barnum, the snowman, heard of her and asked me to bring her to New York for exhibition purposes. I brought her to New York and Barnum signed a three-year con tract with me, agreeing to pay $l50 of ta l,fe, museum He advertised her as The Infant Esau.' Her little shoulders and her face were covered with heavy hairs
 About this time I wass called south on business and left the child with people connected with the show. Among these was man named Wicks. phrenologist, who kidnapped her. I hurried to New York and MT. Barnum and hunted for the child for six months before we located her in town in northern New York, where she was to be exhibited at a church fair. Notwithstanding many other attempts made to kidnap her. I succeeded in keeping her until she was 15 years old. At that time Barnum was exhibiting her with what he termed the Greatest Show On Earth and advertising her as the Bearded Lady for she had grown a long, silky beard.
 "She was scarcely 16 years old when she secretly married one of the barKers with the show, a Richard Elliott. 1t was a bad match. and in 1895 Annie obtained divorce Then she married William Don ovan, a wardrobe man, who was with the Barnum show. They then left the show and went to Europe, where she ex- hibited herself at the Imperial Palace, St. Petersburg for the amusement of the czar and the members of the imperial family, She made a great deal of money, which she invested in Brooklyn real es- tate.
 From Russia she went to Germany and then to France When she met the Elm peror of Germany he presented her with A beautiful souvenir. In Italy she met | the King and Queen and posed for ar | lists. 43
 After travelling about Europe for two years her husband died and she ewent back | to Barnum's show, joining the show in | France Ill health compelled her te leave l the show and she went to a Paris hos nital. where she eremained for six weeks. l ITpon leaving the hospital she again jofn- | ed Barnun's show, last appearing in pub 1 He at Mines, France. She had to leave l the show again on account of i'll health | and came home to me on May IS last. "when she entered the house here she remarked that she had consumption and | that she was certain she would not live | longer than the time when the leaves started to fall. Her words have proven l truep