Aside from slavery, the culture of Little Dixie was southern in other ways as well. Robert Sallee JAMES born 17-Jul-1818, married 28-Dec-1841, Zerelda Elizabeth Mimms Cole, born 29-Jan-1825. 18. i Alexander Franklin JAMES born 10-Jan-1844. [1], In the 1950s, James was pictured as a psychologically troubled man rather than a social rebel. They tried to rob a bank at Savannah. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. [29][30] An 1882 history of Daviess County said, "The history of Daviess County has no blacker crime in its pages than the murder of John W. 21. i Jesse Edwards JAMES born 31-Aug-1875. There has been speculation that the boys and their gangs were like Robin Hood, robbing the rich and giving to the poor, but there is no evidence for that. In 1920 he was approached to do a series of films about his famous father, which were released as Jesse James as the Outlaw and Jesse James Under the Black Flag in 1921. 26, 1951 Los Angeles County California, USA. Jesse James boyhood home today remains relatively secluded in the countryside near the small town of Kearney. Meanwhile, the citizens of Northfield grew suspicious of the men guarding the door and raised the alarm. Jesse is thought to have been the mastermind behind robbing railroad express cars. Jesse states on the pages that the authenticated material used to put together this "upside down" family tree, was obtained through the research efforts of two of our relatives, namely his son Dwayne James, and a distant cousin Dorothy James Turner. It is thought that he took part in the notorious massacre of some two hundred men and boys in Lawrence, Kansas, a center of abolitionists. In October 1879, Jesse and Frank were back in business with a new gang. Robert died 18-Nov-1959. Sheriff James Timberlake and Marshal Henry H. Craig, who were law enforcement officials active in the plan, were awarded the majority of the bounty. Senators from the state, former Confederate military commander Francis Cockrell, and former Confederate Congressman George Graham Vest, were identified with the Confederate cause. [88] It is held annually in September during the weekend after Labor Day. He sold the cigar business and opened a law office in Kansas City, Missouri. Two of his gang members were tempted by a reward for his capture dead or alive. A bullet from his right lung stemming from an old civil War injury, the tie tack he was wearing when first buried and fragments of wood, the handles and the glass fragments from the coffin front piece grace a glass cabinet. Jesse Jr. was the son of the famous Jesse Woodson James, Civil War soldier and notorious train robber, and Zerelda Mimms James. The gang held up passengers only twice, choosing in all other incidents to take only the contents of the express safe in the baggage car. By this time, the Klan had been suppressed in the South by President Grant's use of the Enforcement Acts. He was of English and Scottish descent. Thomas died 25-Dec-1903. The films were a financial . [15], After "Bloody Bill" Anderson was killed in an ambush in October, the James brothers separated. The "Chases" gave their Indian wives a lot of money and told them they were going away for a long time. iv Thomas M. JAMES born 16-Aug-1852, died 27-Feb-1854. James's two previous bullet wounds and partially missing middle finger served to positively identify the body. On April 29, 1872, five men, including the Jameses, robbed a bank in Columbia, Kentucky. Either way, they rebelled against harsh postwar civil legislation and took the law into their own hands. The guerrillas also ambushed and defeated a pursuing regiment of Major A. V. E. Johnson's Union troops, killing all who tried to surrender, who numbered more than 100. In 1975, I had a high school project requiring me to build a family tree. Raised in the "Little Dixie" area of Western Missouri, James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies. The Missouri state legislature narrowly defeated a bill that praised the James and Younger brothers and offered them amnesty. Jesse was a natural horseman and a natural leader, although he was never a very skilled marksman. He was able to open a cigar and tobacco store in the lobby of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri. 19. Former rebels attacked the railroads as symbols of threatening centralization. [38][39], Allan Pinkerton, the agency's founder and leader, took on the case as a personal vendetta. He turned around and noticed a dusty picture above the mantle, and stood on a chair to clean it. An error has occured while loading the map. James wrote about this death with bitterness a decade later.[21][22]. Little did they know that Governor Crittenden of Missouri had put together a reward fund so large that the Fords had turned traitor to earn it. The gang left with $2,000 cash from the second robbery and took shelter in abandoned cabins on the Kemp Plantation south of St. Joseph, Louisiana. Brother of Gould James; Montgomery James; Mary Susan Barr; Richard James; Joseph Henry Clark and 1 other; and Dollie Rose Simmons less In Oct. 1892 Frank surrendered his gun to the gov. [4], Taylor was severely wounded in the summer of 1864, losing his right arm to a shotgun blast. Jesse James was a preacher's son. 1. We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,.css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}contact us! On the night of January 25, 1875, he staged a raid on the homestead. He was suspicious that the Fords had not told him about it. John Newman Edwards made sure to highlight such techniques when creating an image of James as a kind of Robin Hood. His parents lived in Clay County, Missouri, where Jesse and his two full siblings were born. Jesse died 26-Mar-1951. [14] Jesse and his cousin began a nine-year courtship that culminated in their marriage. [18][19], Jesse recovered from his chest wound at his uncle's boardinghouse in Harlem, Missouri (north across the Missouri River from the City of Kansas's River Quay [changed to Kansas City in 1889]). We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Rumors of Jesse James's survival proliferated almost as soon as the newspapers announced his death. [further explanation needed] He and his brother Frank James joined pro . John died 1827. :-(. His cousin Zerelda Mimms nursed him back to health. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. "Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri,", White, Richard. Now more has been added. Joe Jesse CHASE says he was born to Jesse "Chase" JAMES & Maggie in 1870. On December 7, 1869, the gang robbed the Gallatin, Missouri, bank. All Rights Reserved. Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the JamesYounger Gang. Jesse James was a bank and train robber in the American Old West, best known as the leading member of the James-Younger gang of outlaws. Because the gang received support by many former Confederate soldiers in Missouri, they eluded the Pinkertons. Festivities include telling Jesse James's history in stories and by reenactments of stagecoach holdups. Jesse James remains a controversial symbol, one who can always be reinterpreted in various ways according to cultural tensions and needs. John died 25-Oct-1887. On January 31, 1874, the gang robbed the Iron Mountain Railroad train in Wayne County, Missouri. The films were a financial failure and Jesse, who had been persuaded to invest in them, ended up selling his home to pay back his friends and acquaintances who had also invested in the films and lost money. Meanwhile, his former commander Archie Clement kept his bushwhacker gang together and began to harass Republican authorities. [23] Historians believe that the James brothers were involved in this crime. John M. JAMES born 1775, married 26-Mar-1807, in VA,America, Mary Polly Poor, born 1790, died 1827. Steele, Philip W. "Jesse and Frank James: The Family History". i Robert Woodson JAMES born 1-Jul-1838, died 26-Mar-1922. The approach of the American Civil War loomed large in the JamesSamuel household. Jesse also owned a restaurant in California called "The Jesse James Inn". They had two children who survived to adulthood: Jesse Edward James (b. Cheers,Henry Apologies for the poor cut/paste job. [1] Scholars and historians have characterized James as one of many criminals inspired by the regional insurgencies of ex-Confederates following the Civil War, rather than as a manifestation of alleged economic justice or of frontier lawlessness. Jesse James was an infamous American outlaw of the Wild West. The county counted more slaveholders and more slaves than most other regions of the state; in Missouri as a whole, slaves accounted for only 10 percent of the population, but in Clay County, they constituted 25 percent. A bitter conflict ensued, resulting in an escalating cycle of atrocities committed by both sides. The Ford Brothers Indicted, Plead Guilty, Sentenced To Be Hanged, And Pardoned All In One Day", "Asdeewhere Jesse James's ancestors originatedCounty Kerry, Ireland", "Lost River has unique history, role as 'urban oasis', "Logan County Tobacco & Heritage Festival 2017", Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training, Primary sources and essays by Jesse James biographer T. J. 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She left her child Emma behind. 1875) and Mary Susan James (later Barr, b. Frank seemed to settle down, but Jesse remained restless. It temporarily excluded former Confederates from voting, serving on juries, becoming corporate officers, or preaching from church pulpits. It was here Pinkerton detectives threw an incendiary bomb into the residence killing a younger step brother and maiming Zerelda. With no means of livelihood, the James-Younger gang came into being. about 20 miles from the Devil'5; Nest according to CHASE and the boys rode to Obert to see her. His mother had him buried in the front yard of the James Farm with an imposing monument with a inscription condemning the assassin. [11] Allowed to vote and hold office again, former Confederates in the legislature voted to limit the size of rewards the governor could offer for fugitives. [24] Archie Clement continued his career of crime and harassment of the Republican government, to the extent of occupying the town of Lexington, Missouri, on election day in 1866. The militia soon discovered the Youngers and one other bandit, Charlie Pitts. She taught them to hide when white people came. Son of Jesse James, American Outlaw and Zerelda Amanda James Mimms After he married, he migrated to Bradford, Missouri and helped found William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. During their getaway, they shot and killed an innocent bystander, 17-year old college student, George C. Wymore, who was standing across the street. [44], Cole and Bob Younger later said they selected the bank because they believed it was associated with the Republican politician Adelbert Ames, the governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction, and Union general Benjamin Butler, Ames's father-in-law and the Union commander of occupied New Orleans. He was born Jesse Woodson James in Kearney, Missouri to Baptist minister Reverend Robert and Zerelda James and the younger brother of Frank. After the death of Robert James, his widow Zerelda remarried twice, first to Benjamin Simms and then in 1855 to Dr. Reuben Samuel, who moved into the James' home. In 1869, they robbed a Richmond, Missouri Bank. in St Joseph, Missouri, USA, This form allows you to report an error or to submit additional information about this family tree: Jesse JAMES (1847), Copyright Wikipdia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0. Jesse took Maggie WABUSHA as wife; Frank took the other sister, whose name CHASE doesn't know. 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. Ford was shot to death by Edward Capehart O'Kelley in Ford's temporary tent saloon with a shotgun blast to the front upper body. [22] On June 13, 1866, in Jackson County, Missouri, the gang freed two jailed members of Quantrill's gang, killing the jailer in the effort. A dispute between the "Chases" and Jaenecque developed. [25] On May 23, 1867, for example, they robbed a bank in Richmond, Missouri, in which they killed the mayor and two others. Heaton Bowman Funeral Home, 36th Street and Frederick Avenue. The gang barely escaped Northfield, leaving two dead companions behind. i Robert Franklin JAMES born 6-Feb-1878, married (1) May Sullivan, married (2) Mae Sanboth. [ Return to Pedigree Charts Home Page ] John JAMES born 15-Feb-1815, married (1) 1-Sep-1836, Amanda Polly Williams, born 28-Jun-1817, died 15-Mar-1871, married (2) 1872, Emily Bradley. With Jesse James as the most public face of the gang (though with operational leadership likely shared among the group), the gang carried out a string of robberies from Iowa to Texas, and from Kansas to West Virginia. The Indians refused to accept the supposition of suicide. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. 1 Page 12. on the bed. Their father, the Reverend Robert James, was a Baptist minister who married Zerelda Cole James and moved from Kentucky to Missouri in 1842. Suffering from tuberculosis (then incurable) and a morphine addiction, Charley Ford committed suicide on May 6, 1884, in Richmond, Missouri. Jesse James - Wikipedia. No evidence has been found that connects either brother to the crime or that conclusively rules them out. [1] By that time, Bob Ford had conducted secret negotiations with Missouri Governor Thomas T. Crittenden, planning to bring in the famous outlaw. In the 1880s, after James's death, the James Gang became the subject of dime novels that represented the bandits as pre-industrial models of resistance. James), Susan Lavenia James, Mary Susan James, Gould James, Montgomery James, Jesse Edward James, mes, Alexander Franklin James, Mary James Samuel, Archie James, Fanny Quantrill Samuel, Susan Lavenia James, Mary James, Susan Lavenia James, Sep 5 1847 - Kearney, Clay County, Missouri, United States of America, Apr 3 1882 - Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, United States of America, Jesse Edwards James, Montgomery James, Gould James, Mary Susan Barr, Apr 3 1882 - Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, Reverend Robert Sallee James, Zerelda Elizabeth Cole, Jesse Tim Edwards James Jr., Gould James, Montgomery James, Mary Susan Barr (born James). A few months later the other WAHUSHA sister gave birth to a girl who was named Emma. Generation No. of Missouri. [33], Jesse and his cousin Zee married on April 24, 1874. After a brief period with a wild west show, he settled down, and died in 1915 on his farm in Missouri. Frank, however, decided to move to safer territory and headed east to settle in Virginia. There is no evidence that he shared the loot of his robberies with anyone other than his gang members; they alone enjoyed the riches with him. From that robbery to the end of their careers, members of the James Gang had a price on their heads, dead or alive. They may have suspected Askew of cooperating with the Pinkertons in the January 1875 arson of the James house. 8. vi Thomas Martin JAMES born 8-Apr-1823. 1878) died in infancy. Two other agents, Captain Louis J. Lull and John Boyle, were sent after the Youngers; Lull was killed by two of the Youngers in a roadside gunfight on March 17, 1874. Zerelda Amanda Mimms born 21-Jul-1845, married 24-Apr-1874, in Kearney,Missouri, Jesse Woodson JAMES, born 5-Sep-1847, Liberty,Clay Co.,Missouri, died 3-Apr-1882, St Joseph,Missouri,Zerelda died 13-Nov-1900, Kansas City,Missouri. [11], These men were the likely culprits in the first daylight armed bank robbery in the United States during peacetime,[20] the robbery of the Clay County Savings Association in the town of Liberty, Missouri, on February13, 1866. [12][13] Frank followed Quantrill to Sherman, Texas, over the winter of 18631864. Old Campsite of Jesse and Frank James: US 380, approximately 5 miles east of Decatur: Texas marker #3700 . Local newspapers labeled the actions vicious and bloodthirsty and called for the gangs capture. [70] His story did not hold up to questioning from James's surviving relatives.[71]. Zerelda James died the following November, eleven months later. Displaced by Reconstruction, the antebellum political leadership mythologized the James Gang's exploits. Older Indians in Devil's Nest support Chase's story as does Paul JAMES (no relation) who spent 3 years at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kans. Submitted by Ralph Wilson, Waterloo, Nebr. ii Robert B. JAMES born 19-Jul-1845, died 21-Aug-1845. Later in 1876, Jesse and Frank James surfaced in the Nashville, Tennessee, area, where they went by the names of Thomas Howard and B.J. Woodson, respectively. v William JAMES born 27-Apr-1782, died 1807. vi Thomas JAMES born 14-Dec-1783, married 3-Sep-1834, Mary B. Davis. Farmers raised the same crops and livestock as in the areas from which they had migrated. But biographer Ted Yeatman found a letter by Pinkerton in the Library of Congress in which Pinkerton declared his intention to "burn the house down. [34] They robbed banks, stagecoaches, and a fair in Kansas City, often carrying out their crimes in front of crowds, and even hamming it up for the bystanders. [73] Some historians credit James's myth as contributing to the rise of former Confederates to dominance in Missouri politics. She was the daughter of John W Mimms and Mary James. Reverend was born on July 7 1818, in BigWhipwil Crk Logan USA, Logan County, Kentucky, United States. [11] Frank James joined a local company recruited for the secessionist Drew Lobbs Army, and fought at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in August 1861. From the third marriage, he gained two stepbrothers and two stepsisters. [67], The theme of survival was featured in a 2009 documentary, Jesse James' Hidden Treasure, which aired on the History Channel. He is buried in an unmarked lost grave in Placerville. A. Soulek; Mrs. Evelyn Chase; Tyrone Power & Henry Fonda who will portray Jesse & Frank in a forthcoming movie (1938). The house in St Joseph where Jesse met his death is preserved and is the epitome of morbidity. [50], By 1881, with local Tennessee authorities growing suspicious, the brothers returned to Missouri, where they felt safer. Much of the dramatic build-up to the Civil War centered on the violence that erupted on the KansasMissouri border between pro- and anti-slavery militias.
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