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Her mother was sister to Jesse James' father, Robert S. James. She and Jesse James married on April 24, 1874, while the James-Younger Gang was still in full force. Of the Jameses and Youngers, Jesse was the first to marry. Zerelda and Jesse had four children, two of whom died in infancy: Jesse Edward "Tim" James (August 31, 1875 – March 26, 1951)
Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the " Little Dixie " area of Missouri , James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies.
Settle, William A. Jr, Jesse James Was His Name, or, Fact and Fiction Concerning the Careers of the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri (University of Nebraska Press, 1977) Steele, Phillip W., Jesse and Frank James: The Family History (Pelican Publishing, 1987) Stiles, T.J., Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War (Alfred A. Knopf, 2002)
1939, Henry Fonda in the film Jesse James as well as the 1940 sequel The Return of Frank James. 1941, Al Taylor in Jesse James at Bay. 1946, Tom Tyler in the film Badman's Territory; 1949, Tom Tyler in I Shot Jesse James, an account from Robert Ford's viewpoint, and the first western directed by Samuel Fuller.
On July 15, 1881, Frank and Jesse James, Wood and Clarence Hite, and Dick Liddil robbed the Rock Island Railroad near Winston, Missouri, of $900. Train conductor William Westfall and passenger John McCullough were killed. [15] On September 7, 1881, Jesse James carried out his last train robbery, holding up the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The ...
Wood Hite was born in about 1850 in Logan, Kentucky, to Major George Burns and Nancy Gardner Hite (nee James).His mother was the sister of Robert Sallee James, the father of Frank and Jesse James of the James-Younger Gang, making Wood a first cousin to the James brothers.
The family soon relocated to Clay County, Missouri, where Zerelda's mother and stepfather were living, but Robert commuted back to Kentucky and eventually received a Master of Arts from Georgetown. [8] He was considered a gifted student and a skilled orator. James was a noted revivalist. He was among the founders of William Jewell College in 1849.
Frank and Jesse James fled to Nashville, Tennessee, where they lived peacefully for the next three years. In 1879, Jesse returned to a life of crime, which ended with his death on April 3, 1882, in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Frank James surrendered to Missouri Governor Thomas T. Crittenden on October 4, 1882. Eventually, Frank James was acquitted ...