Jim Reed (1845-1874) was a member of the
Quantrill's Raiders during the
American Civil War, along with the James brothers (
Jesse and
Frank James) and the Youngers (
Jim,
John,
Bob and
Cole). He was killed by a
law officer in
Paris, Texas in 1874.
Belle Starr fought with his brother John Allison ''Bud'' when she met her
sweetheart Jim Reed when his family moved to Texas.
They met after a
bank robbery in Missouri in 1866. They got married on 1 November 1866 in
Collin County
Collin County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas- Fort Worth- Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small portion of the city of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States census, the county's popula ...
,
Texas. Then they ran away to Missouri and she became his
common-law wife
Common-law marriage, also known as non-ceremonial marriage, marriage, informal marriage, or marriage by habit and repute, is a legal framework where a couple may be considered married without having formally registered their relation as a civil ...
. They had a child in 1868 they named Rosie Lee but the couple broke up when Reed met another woman named Rosa McCommas.
[
Jim Reed appears in the videogame '' Call of Juarez: Gunslinger'' (2013), where he is revenged by Silas Greaves.]
References
1845 births
1874 deaths
James–Younger Gang
Deaths by firearm in Texas
People shot dead by law enforcement officers in the United States
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