Jesse James Summary

Jesse James was born on September 5, 1847, in Kearney, Missouri. James and his brother Frank served for the Confederate Army before embarking on criminal careers in the Old West. The James brothers made a name for themselves as bank and train robbers, leading the James-Younger gang. Gang member Robert Ford killed Jesse James in 1882, after which James became a legend of the Old West. Jesse and his brother Frank James were educated and hailed from a prestigious family of farmers. Their father, the Reverend Robert James, was a Baptist minister who married Zerelda Cole James and moved from Kentucky to Missouri in 1842. In the summer of 1863, the James farm was brutally attacked by Union soldiers.

Friday, May 3, 2013

The Importants

Jesse James isnt really important to history like The Civil Rights Movement or The Great Wall Of China, but he is known as the baddest outlaw in hinstory. He commited the first bank robbery, murdered lots of people, was in his group called The James Gang that took over towns & were the outlaws. After the bank robbery the gang fell apart and jesse james became the most famous.
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