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Zerelda James
Zerelda Elizabeth Cole James Simms Samuel (January 29, 1825 – February 10, 1911) was the mother of outlaws Frank James and Jesse James. Biography Cole was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, on January 29 to parents James and Sarah Lindsay Cole. She had one brother, younger than her by one year, named Jesse Richard Cole. Sadly, her brother committed suicide in 1895 for undisclosed reasons. She was of English and Scottish descent. When Zerelda was a young child, her father broke his neck in a riding accident, leaving her mother with two young children. They were taken in by her paternal grandfather, who owned a saloon. Later, her mother remarried Robert Thomason, a farmer. Zerelda, did not get along with her new stepfather, Robert, so she went to live with some of her mother's relatives in Kentucky where she attended a Catholic girls' school. First marriage At the age of 16, Zerelda Cole married Robert Sallee James on December 28, 1841, at the home of her uncle, James Madison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847April 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 Western Missouri, James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies. He and his brother Frank James joined pro- Confederate guerrillas known as " bushwhackers" operating in Missouri and Kansas during the American Civil War. As followers of William Quantrill and "Bloody Bill" Anderson, they were accused of committing atrocities against Union soldiers and civilian abolitionists, including the Centralia Massacre in 1864. After the war, as members of various gangs of outlaws, Jesse and Frank robbed banks, stagecoaches, and trains across the Midwest, gaining national fame and often popular sympathy despite the brutality of their crimes. The James brothers were most active as members of their own gang from about 1866 until 1876, when as a result of their attempted robbery of a bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
