Bob Juch's Kin

2. Alexander Franklin James "Frank" ¹ (Robert Sallee ) was born ¹ 10 Jan 1843 in Kearney, Clay Co., MO. He died ² 15 Feb 1915 in Fletcher, OK and was buried ³ after 6 Jul 1944 in Hill Park Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., MO.

BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #1589
Frank and his wife, Anna, lived in St. Louis at the time of Jesse's wedding and later moved to Fletcher, Oklahoma, until the time of his mother's death. He then moved back to Kearney, Mo. to take over the family farm that Zerelda had maintained all those years. Jesse Jr. knew Frank as "Ben Woodson" just as Jesse's name was "Tim Woodson", as a child.

BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #4693
When the Civil War broke out 18 year old Frank enlisted in the MO State Guards on 4 May 1861. The Confederate force was commanded by Gen. Sterling Price (1809-1867) and was in the fierce battle on Wilson's Creek near Springfield, MO on 10 Aug 1867. Defeated Union forces also had a noted gun fighter, Wild Bill Hickock, captured and released on oath. He joined the infamous band headed by William Clark Quantrell, 1837-1865. Future partners, Cole and Jim Younger also rode with Quantrell. Was aquitted of all charges in three states and spent 28 months in jail between 1885 and 1892. He sold shoes for a living latter.

Frank married ¹ Anna Ralston "Annie" ² on 6 Jun 1874. Annie was born ³ 25 Jan 1853 in Independence, Jackson Co., MO. She died ² 6 Jul 1944 in James Farm, Clay Co., MO and was buried after 6 Jul 1944 in Hill Park Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., MO.

BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Tree #0789
Anna Ralston, with a B.A. in Science and Literature, was working as a school teacher when she met Frank James. They eloped and had only one child, Robert. She spent the remainder of her life at the James' farm, was cremated and buried beside her beloved Frank.

BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #1589
Anna graduated from the Independence Female College in 1872 with a B.A. in Science and Literature and became a school teacher. She was a "magnificent" horse woman and a "superb" pistol shot. Anna never let herself be interviewed or photographed. One day in June 1874, she told her father she wanted to visit her brother-in-law in Kansas City. He took her to the train and she sat with a family friend, who thought she seemed "rather excited". They were greeted at the station and Anna said she had to speak to a friend on the train and that she would take a hack to their home. That was the last they ever saw of her. Several days later her parents received a letter that she was married and was going west, signed, Anna Reynolds. She was 21 and Frank was 31. They tried to trace her, but to no avail. Later, Reynolds son was in Frank's fathers import business and said that his son "Frank" had married his sister. After telling her father, he disowned her. After the wedding they joined Jesse, "Zee" and Susie in Texas. Several years later Frank visited his father-in-law and was not a pleasant occasion. They lived under aliases in Texas, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, as well as other places. In the summer of 1882, they arranged for Frank's surrender to the Governor of MO, T.T. Crittenden. There were letters written from jails in Independence and Gallatin, Mo. and Huntsville, Ala. while awaiting trial. They shared their long life after his acquittal, when he worked as a shoe clerk, theatre doorman, race starter and farmer. Frank liked literature as did Anna. He would recite Shakespeare. They went to the theatres in all the large cities. She seemed happy and never appeared to regret her decisions. She continued to live at the old farm with her son and his wife. Her ashes are buried beside Frank's in Hill Cem., Independence, Mo.

4. Jesse Woodson James (Robert Sallee ) was born ¹ 5 Sep 1847 in Kearney, Clay Co., MO. He died ² 3 Apr 1882 in St Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO from gunshot and was buried ³ 29 Jun 1902 in Mt Olivet Cemetery, Kearney, Clay Co., MO.

BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #1589]
Jesse was murdered by Robert Ford in St. Joseph, Mo. He was buried 29 June 1902 in Mt. Olivet Cem., Kearney, Clay, Mo. after he was moved from St. Joseph, with his wife. The pallbearers for Jesse were men who served with Jesse under Quantrill. Jesse was anxious to surrender and serve time and get out to be with his family but that didn't work. Jesse Jr. looked through the files in Kansas City and found a lot of crimes were charged up to the account of his hunted and outlawed father. One week would be a bold robbery in MO , saying it was the James Gang. Then the next week there would be a robbery in Texas, again the James Gang. Jesse Jr. said to have committed one-fourth of these crimes, his father would have to have been equipped with some means of extra-terrestrial transportation for him to rob a bank in West Virginia on Monday night and hold up a train in Texas three nights later. The very day Jesse was killed there was a bank robbery in Texas that the newspapers attributed to Jesse James Gang.

BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #4693]
By Russell M. Marshall, Sr., 9357 Bruce Dr., Franklin, Ohio
Jesse James was killed from ambush by Bob Ford. These famous outlaws Frank and Jesse Woodson James roamed and robbed far and wide and their gang had many things attributed to them not done by them. Jesse's middle name is given from a relationship to the Woodson family a branch of my family Anna Arzella Woodson my great grandmother who married Andrew Johnson, their son John my grandmother and dad's mother's family who lived in Rockcastle County, KY where Frank and members rode through there and would hide out reportedly after some of their raids into West Virginia, etc. A would-be hero deputy of Rockcastle County, KY heard they might be coming that way and lay an ambush for Frank and cohorts and one of the gang was wounded but the rest escaped. Another Woodson relative and her niece visited me in 1994 from Independence, MO and told me her grandmother as a small girl as Frank James had stopped over at the Woodson home where they had been fed and kept hidden had bent over off of his horse and given her grandmother a gold coin which she had treasured into her old age. To date I've not uncovered the middle name association of Jesse Woodson James so maybe a future family might because I've not got the health or resources at this present time, 1996. Frank and Jesse's father died during the 49ers Gold Rush in California and Frank lived until 1915 and is buried in the same town as my mother's grandpa in Kearney, Nebraska. [The author may be confusing Kearney, Neb. With Kearney, Mo., but Frank isn't buried there either! He's in Independence, MO] . . .

Jesse married ¹ Zerelda Amanda Mimms "Zee" ², daughter of Rev. John Wilson Mimms and Mary James, on 24 Apr 1874 in Wife's Sister's Home, Kearney, Clay Co., MO. Zee was born ² 21 Jul 1845 in Logan Co., KY. She died ² 13 Nov 1900 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO and was buried 29 Jun 1902 in Mt Olivet Cemetery, Kearney, Clay Co., MO.

BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #1589
Zee, as called by Jesse was the wife and first cousin of Jesse Woodson James. Zee's mother, Mary, was a sister of the Rev. Robert S. James, the father of Jesse and Frank.
Zee's house in 1900 was described as a neat little cottage standing alone on a wide stretch of ground. It was sparsely furnished with a faded carpet on the floor, a picture of her late husband, a small table with a Bible on it, several chairs and starched, lace curtains.

Jesse Jr. and Stella's wedding was held in the parlor of his mothers home, as she was too sick to attend the wedding.

Zerelda died in 1900. Don't know where she was first buried but on 29 June 1902 she finally rested next to Jesse in Mt. Olivet Cem., Kearney, Clay, Mo. She hadn't sufficient funds to pay her debt. Jesse sold her house for $1300.00 in 1901 to pay the bills. After the estate was settled Jesse received $293.00 and Mary received $75.00.

5. Susan Lavinia James ¹ (Robert Sallee ) was born ¹ 25 Nov 1849 in Kearney, Clay Co., MO. She died 3 Mar 1889 in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX and was buried after 3 Mar 1889 in Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX.

BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #1589]
Susan was three years old when her father was killed. She attended school in Kansas City, Mo. and married Henry L. Barr in 1901. They lived in a small farm opposite the James farm.

Susan married ¹ Allen H. Parmer ² on 24 Nov 1870 in Clay Co., MO. Allen was born ¹ 6 May 1848 in Clay Co., MO. He died ¹ 29 Oct 1927 in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX.