The James Gang

Jesse Woodson James
Born- September 5, 1847
Kearney, MO
In the 1863, joined the Quantrill Raiders
Nick name “Dingus”
Spy for the Rebel Army(Confederates)
Shot in the lung in the Civil War

On 21st August, 1863, the Quantrill
Raiders committed one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War when it attacked the town of Lawrence, KS.
During the raid Quantrill's gang killed
150 inhabitants and set fire to over 180 buildings.

February
Liberty, Missouri
Frank James (Jesse’s older brother) &
Cole Younger robbed their first Bank
They got $57,000 in that robbery
Jesse was not with them

March
Savannah, Georgia
Frank, Jesse, and Cole attempt a robbery
They all tried to shoot the bank president
They all miss
Robbery failed

May
Jesse kills a man and his 15 year old son.

In March of 1868, the James brothers and
Younger brothers robbed the banking house of Nimrod & Cin in Russellville,
Kentucky.

In 1869, they robbed a Richmond,
Missouri Bank. That same year they robbed the Davies Savings Bank at
Gallatin, Missouri.
On April 29, 1872, five men, including the
James brothers, robbed a bank in
Columbia, Kentucky.

Chicago and Rock Island Express near
Adair, Iowa.
Stopped train by removing some track.
Jesse killed the engineer
$2,000 from safe and valuables from passengers

Kansas City Fairgrounds
Frank and Jesse stole $10,000
Killed J.W. Whicher who was in pursuit of them

They are hired bounty hunters.
Whicher worked for the Pinkertons

Robbed Iron Mountain Railroad train in
Wayne County, Missouri.
March 17, 1874, While hiding out in
Roscoe, the Pinkertons caught John and
Jim Younger. During the gunplay that resulted in their capture, John was shot in the neck and killed by Captain Louis
J. Lull of the Pinkertons.

Frank and Jesse James hid at the
Samuel’s home(Zerelda, Frank and
Jesse’s mom).
Molotov cocktail
James brothers got away.
Zerelda lost her right arm and her nine year old son died Archie, Frank and
Jesse’s half brother.

Jesse married his cousin, Zerelda. Had two children Mary and Jesse.
Frank married Annie Ralston

Northfield, Minnesota
Bank robbery gone bad.
Lost everyone in the gang
Jesse and Frank got away
The citizens fought back

Robbed the Chicago and Alton train.
1881
Robbed four more trains, the last at
Glendale, Missouri
Ford brothers were a part of the gang now, Bob and Charlie

Interview with Cole Younger, member of the James Gang.
Let me tell you…

Bob Ford a member of the gang shot and killed Jesse in his home while he was hanging a picture in his living room.
The reward for Jesse’s death was $10,000
Frank turned himself in after Jesse’s death, but he was never convicted of any crime.

Jesse’s mom sold all of Jesse’s guns after his death. Shot bought many more old relic guns and sold them as Jesse’s guns to make a lot of money

February 13, 1866 Liberty, Mo. Clay County
Savings Association $62,000.00
October 30, 1866 Lexington, Mo Alexander
Mitchell and Co. Bank $2,000.00
March 2, 1867 Savannah, Mo. Judge John
McClain Banking House No record *
May 22, 1867 Richmond, Mo. Hughes and
Wasson Bank $4,000.00 *
March 20, 1868 Russellville, Ky. Nimrod Long
Banking Co.
$14,000.00

December 7, 1869 Gallatin, Mo. Daviess County
Savings Bank $700.00
June 3, 1871 Corydon, Iowa Ocobock Brothers'
Bank $6,000.00
April 29, 1872 Columbia, Ky. Bank of Columbia
$600.00
September 26, 1872 Kansas City Kansas City
Exposition Ticket Office $10,000.00
May 27, 1873 St. Genevieve, Mo. Ste.
Genevieve Savings Bank $4,100.00

July 21, 1873 Adair, Iowa Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad $6,000.00
January 15, 1874 Hot Springs, Ark. Stagecoach
$3,000.00
January 31, 1874 Gad's Hill, Mo. Iron Mountain
Railroad $12,000.00
April 1874 Austin, Tx. Stagecoach $3,000.00
August 30, 1874 Waverly-Lexington, Mo.
Stagecoach *

December 7, 1874 Cornith, Mississippi
Tishomingo Savings Bank $10,000.00 *
December 8, 1874 Muncie, Ks. Kansas Pacific
Railroad $55,000.00
September 5, 1875 Huntington, WVa Bank
$10,000.00
July 7, 1876 Rockey Cut, Mo. Missouri Pacific
Railroad $15,000.00
September 7, 1876 Northfield, Mn. First
National Bank $0.00

October 8, 1879 Glendale, Mo. Chicago and
Alton Railroad $40,000.00
September 3 1880 Mammoth Cave, Ky.
Stagecoach $1,800.00
March 11, 1881 Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Government Paymaster
July 15, 1881 Winston, Mo. Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad $2,000.00
September 7, 1881 Glendale, Mo. Chicago and
Alton Railroad $15,000.00

Thomas Coleman Younger Born Jan. 15, 1844.
25 years in Stillwater for Northfield robbery.
Died Mar. 21, 1916.
Jim Younger Born Jan. 15, 1848.
25 years in Stillwater for Northfield robbery.
Suicide, Oct. 19, 1902.
Bob Younger Born Oct. 29, 1853.
Died of tuberculosis in Stillwater Prison Sept. 16, 1889.
John Younger Born in 1851.
Killed in shoot-out with Pinkerton agents near Roscoe, Mo., Mar. 17,
1874.

Alexander Franklin (Frank) James Born
Jan. 10, 1843.
Died of heart attack Feb. 18, 1915
Robert Ford Short-term gang member. Killed
Jesse James.
Himself slain by Ed O'Kelly in Creede, Co.,
June 8, 1892
Charlie Ford Accomplice to murder of Jesse
James.
Suicide, Nov. 1882.

Killed by Jesse James
Member of his gang
Robbed four trains and banks together
Killed for laughing at something about
Jesse as they sat around a table.

27 are on record to have been shot or killed by the James gang. That includes
Mr. Miller.