Sallie Lindsay

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BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #2180
Shortly after her second marriage, to Robert Thomason, the family moved from Woodford Co., Kentucky to Clay Co., MO.

Sallie married Robert Thomason in 1838. Robert was born in 1786/1818; died in 1841/1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sallie married James Cole in 1816/1826 in Scott County, KY. James (son of Jr. Richard James Cole and Sally Yates) was born on 15 Sep 1804 in Midway, Woodford County, KY; died on 27 Feb 1827 in Woodford County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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!

Zerelda married Robert Sallee James on 28 Dec 1841 in Stamping Ground, Scott County, KY. Robert (son of John M. James and Mary Poor) was born on 17 Jul 1818 in Logan County, KY; died on 18 Aug 1850 in Gold fields near Placerville, El Dorado County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zerelda married Reuben Samuel on 26 Sep 1855 in Clay County, MO. Reuben was born on 12 Jan 1828 in Owen County, KY; died on 1 Mar 1908 in Mo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zerelda married Benjamin A. Simms on 30 Sep 1852 in Clay County, MO. Benjamin was born about 1800; died on 2 Jan 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Louisa E. Maret on 23 Nov 1846 in Clay County, MO. Louisa was born on 7 Sep 1829 in Kentucky; died on 5 Nov 1870 in Kearney, Clay County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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] . . .

Died:
gunshot

Jesse married Zerelda Amanda Mimms on 24 Apr 1874 in Wife's Sister's Home, Kearney, Clay County, MO. Zerelda (daughter of John Wilson Mimms and Mary James) was born on 21 Jul 1845 in Logan County, KY; died on 13 Nov 1900 in Kansas City, Jackson County, MO; was buried on 29 Jun 1902 in Mt Olivet Cemetery, Kearney, Clay County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Alexander married Anna Ralston on 6 Jun 1874. Anna was born on 25 Jan 1853 in Independence, Jackson County, MO; died on 6 Jul 1944 in James Farm, Clay County, MO; was buried after 6 Jul 1944 in Hill Park Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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 Allen H. Parmer on 24 Nov 1870 in Clay County, MO. Allen was born on 6 May 1848 in Clay County, MO; died on 29 Oct 1927 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Bomb

John married Norma Lena Maret in 1878/1910. Norma was born in 1857/1877; died in 1878/1961. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William A. Nicholson in 1872/1902. William was born in 1841/1861; died in 1875/1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fanny married Joe C. Hall in 1877/1910. Joe was born in 1846/1866; died in 1880/1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Henry Lafayette Barr on 6 Mar 1901 in Jesse's Aunt, Sallie Nicholson's Home, Kearney, Clay County, MO. Henry was born on 20 May 1867 in Clay County, MO; died on 16 Jun 1935 in Clay County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #1589
Jesse Jr. supported his mother, sister and himself since the age of eleven. With little money Zerelda auctioned many of her household items. Jesse bought a modest home for his mother and sister and put his sister through school. When Jesse Jr. was small and his father was still living, he used the name Tim Howard. while Jesse Jr. was working, he also played baseball for the Armour Packing Co. with Johnny Kling and Joe Tinker, later to become baseball greats. Jesse Jr. had a cigar and tobacco store. One of his customers was another up and coming youngster, Harry Truman. As his business flourished he could afford to hire a helper freeing him to pursue his ambition: study law. Jesse Jr. proposed to Stella and told her to get used to the name James. Jesse graduated from Law school in 1907. He sold his business and embarked upon a career as an attorney in Kansas City, Mo. In later years he opened a law office in Los Angeles, Calif. Jesse was falsely arrested in 1898 for train robbery, which distressed him, but in 1920 he was asked to make several films about the James Gang. After much deliberation he decided to do it. The adventure was a bust and he and friends had invested. He felt bad for the friends that invested and repaid them. He wound up selling his home. He had 4 daughters and one was ready to enter into college and wouldn't be long for the others. He did not return to his law practice for a year and when he did he had a nervous collapse. Jesse's family eventually moved back to Independence, Mo. The girls finished high school and left college to work. Jesse resumed his law practice for two years even though he was a sick man. He died on 26 March 1951. Jesse Jr. is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Jesse and his wife were married for more than fifty years. There was a movie made in 1958 on "Playhouse 90" about the life of Jesse James, Jr. His wife, daughters and two grandchildren watched in disbelief as they saw all the lies on screen. Stella left to visit her husbands grave and left the details to her grandson, James Ross, a practicing attorney in Los Angeles, who eventually became Superior Court Judge of California in 1989. While watching the film, Stella reminisced in time and remembered how Jesse Jr. had spent his boyhood in Kansas City, Mo. near his grandmother's farm and going fishing and hunting in the quiet countryside. How, during their early years of marriage, Jesse would sit over his law books till the early hours and with few hours of rest would go and open his cigar store. How young Jesse would sit under the big coffee bean tree at his grandmother's home just visiting with the family. How, later he enjoyed visiting with Frank and his wife, Anna, when they lived near the same farm. How both his grandmother and uncle Frank had been so proud of Jesse graduating from law college with the highest honors and passed his bar exam with the highest grade.
As all this passed before my (Stella) eyes I couldn't understand why all these obvious distortions of the facts could not even think of it as an insult to my husbands memory, for there seemed no possible connection between this caricature and the wonderful man who had been such a fine citizen, devoted husband and father.

Jesse married Stella Frances McGowen on 24 Jan 1900 in Stella's Parents' Home, Kansas City, Mo. Stella was born on 27 Feb 1882 in Oak Grove, MO; died on 1 Apr 1971 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA; was buried after 1 Apr 1971 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mae A. Sandboth [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Sullivan. Mary was born in 1874/1894; died in 1895/1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Flora married William Benson in 1891/1917. William was born in 1860/1880; died in 1894/1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zelma married George Reynolds Edwards on 15 Oct 1900. George was born in 1854/1881; died in 1905/1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fetta married Bert A. Rose [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
drowning