[2][4] Minna was born in Greene County on July 13, 1866[2][3] and died in New York City on September 16, 1948.
According to Abbott, whose research included an interview with the sisters' great niece, Minna and Ada were born in Greene County, Virginia to George Warren "Montgomery" and Virginia "Jennie" Madison Simms, the second and third of four daughters.
When the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition was held in Omaha in 1898, they opened a second brothel in the vicinity of the event in Kountze Park and quickly doubled their investment.
[9] In 1899, they settled in Chicago,[6] and on 1 February 1900, opened a high-class brothel named the Everleigh Club, which did good business until closed down in 1911.
[10] After Minna's death, Ada Everleigh sold most of her personal belongings and moved to Virginia.