 1825 - 1911 (86 years)
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| Name |
Zerelda Elizabeth Cole |
| Birth |
29 Jan 1825 |
Black Horse Tavern, Woodford County, KY  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
10 Feb 1911 |
Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, OK [1] |
| Burial |
Aft 10 Feb 1911 |
Mt Olivet Cemetery, Kearney, Clay County, MO [3] |
| Person ID |
I18398 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
James Cole, b. 15 Sep 1804, Midway, Woodford County, KY d. 27 Feb 1827, Woodford County, KY (Age 22 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Sallie Lindsay, b. 15 Apr 1803, Scott County, KY d. 1829/1897, Clay County, MO (Age 93 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
1816/1826 |
Scott County, KY [4] |
| Family ID |
F7255 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Robert Sallee James, b. 17 Jul 1818, Logan County, KY d. 18 Aug 1850, Gold fields near Placerville, El Dorado County, CA (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Dec 1841 |
Stamping Ground, Scott County, KY [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Jesse Woodson James, b. 5 Sep 1847, Kearney, Clay County, MO d. 3 Apr 1882, St Joseph, Buchanan County, MO (Age 34 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Alexander Franklin James, b. 10 Jan 1843, Kearney, Clay County, MO d. 15 Feb 1915, Fletcher, OK (Age 72 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Susan Lavinia James, b. 25 Nov 1849, Kearney, Clay County, MO d. 3 Mar 1889, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, TX (Age 39 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Robert R. James, b. 19 Jul 1845, Kearney, Clay County, MO d. 21 Aug 1845, Kearney, Clay County, MO (Age 0 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F6973 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family 2 |
Reuben Samuel, b. 12 Jan 1828, Owen County, KY d. 1 Mar 1908, Mo (Age 80 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Sep 1855 |
Clay County, MO [5] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F7205 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #1589]
After Robert died in 1850 Zerelda Cole James remarried to a Dr. Reuben Samuel. She had four children by Reuben, but before she married Reuben she had married Benjamin Simms.
Zeralda had died while returning from a visit to Frank in Oklahoma. They took her off the train in OK City and later transferred to Kearney.
The James farm is located near Excelsior Springs, Clay, MO.
From this marriage came several notes of interest. Frances Peters Inskeep, niece of Simms, married Coleman Purcell Younger of Clay County and moved to San Jose, California. A nephew, named for the Younger, was the outlaw Cole Younger. Mary, the younger sister of Frances married Martin Ringo and also went to California. Their son, John Peters, was the "Johnny Ringo" of Tombstone, Arizona fame. Zerelda was therefore, by marriage, the great aunt of the Youngers and Ringo and hers sons cousins, but only by marriage. Also, another strange marriage was another distant relationship. Adaline Younger, who married James Lewis Dalton, became the mother of Bob, Grant and Emmett, the core of the famous Dalton Gang, was the half-sister of Coleman Purcell Younger. This made the James boys, the Youngers, Ringo and the Daltons distant cousins. And further coincidence is revealed that Bruce Younger, half-brother of Coleman, married Maybelle Reed, better known as Belle Starr.
Zerelda's hand was blown off and her youngest child (Archie-8 years old)was killed by a bomb that was thrown into her home at night by Pinkerton detectives who were seeking to kill or capture her "outlaw" sons. For this cowardly deed, Zerelda and her family were given a lifetime pass on the railroad. She made good use of the pass. When she couldn't find enough of her family she would "adopt" neighbors as family. They said she had a comic spirit always at hand. She had attended St. Catherine's Academy in Lexington, Kentucky and met Robert James there.
BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Tree #0789]
At the age of fourteen (1839) Zerelda entered St. Catherine's Academy for women in Lexington, Ky. She met her husband, Robert, at a religious revival. Strong, domineering, outspoken, and fiercely protective of her surviving children (4 of eight), Zerelda had the size to back it up--5'8" and over 200 lbs. She married and buried three husbands to boot!
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| Sources |
- [S893] The James Family by Phillip W. Steele.
- [S593] Ann Tucker Royal, Files of Ann Tucker Royal, Tree #0789.
- [S593] Ann Tucker Royal, Files of Ann Tucker Royal.
- [S853] Broderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: August 22, 1996;), Tree #2180.
- [S287] Broderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 7, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: October 17, 1996;), Tree #4693.
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