Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised a Southern sympathizer in the "Little Dixie" area of Missouri, James and his b
James c. 1875 in Nebraska City
James' farm in Kearney, Missouri, pictured in March 2010
Ambrotype of James, c. 1862
Copy of an Ambrotype, taken of Jesse James in Platte City on July 10, 1864
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 James
…robbery money outside their personal circle. Jesse and his cousin Zerelda married on April 24, 1874. They had two children who survived to adulthood: Jesse Edward James (b. 1875) and Mary Susan James (later Barr, b. 1879). Twins Gould and Montgomery James (b. 1878) died in infancy. Jesse Jr. became a lawyer who practiced…