Old West Legends:

Gang Members Continued:

• Charlie Ford (1857-1884)

James-Younger Gang Bank Robberies:

• Bill Ryan(Born: 1851)

• Liberty, Missouri Bank Robbery ($60,000)
• Lexington, Missouri ($2,000)
• Russellville, Kentucky (between $9,000 and $14,000)
• Gallatin, Missouri ($700)
• Corydon, Iowa (Between $6,000 and $10,000)
• Colombia, Kentucky (between $600 and $1,500)
• Ste. Gemevieve, Missouri ($4,000)
• Huntington, West Virginia ($10,000)
• Baxter Springs, Kansas (between $1,000 and $5,000)
• Northfield, Minnesota ($26.70)

• Robert Newton Ford (1862-1892)

James-Younger Gang Members:

• Bud Pence (1842-1880)

Personal Life of Jesse James:

• Jesse James (1847-1882)
• Cole Younger (1844-1916)
• Jim Younger (1848-1904)
• Bob Younger (1853-1889)
• John Younger (1851-1874)
• Frank James (born:1843)
• Arthur C. McCoy(1825-1880)
• John Jarrett(1836-1891)
• George Sheperd(1842-1917)
• Oliver Sheperd (1842-1868)
• Fletcher Taylor(died-1916)
• Arch Clements(died-1866)
• Jim Cummins (1847-1929)
• Dick Liddil(1852-1901)
• Clelland B. Miller (Born:1849 or 1850)
• Charlie Pitts(???)
• Bill Chadwell(???)

• Donny Pence(Born in 1847)
• James Wilkerson *or Wilkinson* (Born in 1847)
• Wood Hite (1850-1870)
• Bill Wilkerson(???)
• Redmond David Munkirs (1845-1861; age 21)
• Joab Perry (born 1836)
• Frank Gregg (1844-1906)
• Ben Cooper(???)
• Tucker Bassham(???)
• Ed Miller(1856-1881)
• Hobbs Kerry-(???)

Other Robberies:

Robert Ford and Jesse James Quotes

• In 1881 Jesse moved himself along with his wife and kids to St. Joseph, Missouri.
• Eventually in 1874 Jesse and his first cousin Zerelda had gotten married and together had two childern.
• While growing Jesse is guilty for slave labor, the James family owned an 100 acre farm while owning slaves used to grow hemp and raise sheep.
• Some people believed that Jesse was going to become a preacher like his father.

*Hemp is a high growing version of cannabis. Hemp is produced in a variety of things like hemp oil, wax, resin, rope, cloth, pulp, paper, and fuel.

Train Robberies:

• Kansas City, Missouri Expostiton Robbery ($978)
• Hot Springs, Arkansas Stagecoach ($2,000 and other valuable items)
• Bentonville, Arkansas Store (Valuable items and merchandise along with $200)
• Austin, Texas Stagecoach. ($3,000)
• Mammoth Cave, Kentucky Stagecoach ($2,000 and various valuables)
• Mercer, Kentucky Payroll. (one gold watch and $13)
• Muscle Shoals, Alabama Payroll ($5,290.18)

"Bob Ford I don't trust; I think he is a sneak; but Charlie Ford is as true as steel."

-Jesse James

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• Adair, Iowa. ($3,000)
• Gad's Hill, Missouri ($12,000)
• Muncie, Kansas ($55,000)
• Otterville, Missouri ($15,000)
• Glendale, Missouri ($6,000)
• Winston, Missouri ($650)
• Blue Cut, Missouri ($1,000)

Bibliography:

http://www.biography.com/people/jesse-james-9352646#partners-in-crime May 6, 2015

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-robertford.html April 23 and May 6th, 2015

http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/j/jamesj/ May 3, 2015

http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/jamesyoungergang/robberies.html May 3, 2015

http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/history/jamesgangoutlaws.htm May 3,2015

Personal Life of Robert Ford:

• He only hung on the outside of the James-Younger gang, although he claimed to be a part of the gang..there was never a true record of any participation on his part.
• The record that is avaliable is of Robert doing odd jobs.

Jesse James

• Jesse Woodson James was born on September 5, 1847, in Kearney, Missouri.
• Easily known as the leader of the James-Younger Gang along side his brother, Frank.
• His father was a baptist minister, Reverend Robert James and his mother was Zerelda Cole James.

Pictures:

Robert Ford:

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-robertford.html

• Born: January 31, 1862 in Kay County, Missouri
• Died: June 8, 1892 at the age of 32 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

• Robert Ford is one of seven children under their parents, James Thomas Ford and Mary Ann Ford.

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