Jesse E. James
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Jesse Edwards "Tim" James was the only surviving son of American outlaw Jesse Woodson James. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, during the height of Jesse James' career as an outlaw. His mother was
Jesse Edwards James
Fred Thomson
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Frederick Clifton Thomson was an American silent film cowboy who rivaled Tom Mix in popularity before dying at age 38 of tetanus.
Jesse E. James
…Jesse James as the Outlaw. He served as technical adviser on Paramount's 1927 biopic of his father titled Jesse James. This film starred cowboy hero Fred Thomson, who usually was a good guy to film audiences. Here Thomson plays Jesse James in a lighthearted way which many old timers who remembered Jesse James's…
Thomson, c. 1927
Fred C. Thomson in 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress)
Fred and Silver King in Silver Comes Through (1927)