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Bersheba Fristoe Younger, born Bersheba Leighton Fristoe (June 6, 1816 – June 6, 1870) was an American woman who was the mother of the famed Younger Outlaws Cole, Jim, John and Bob.
When Bursheba Leighton Fristoe was born on 6 June 1816, in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States, her father, Richard Marshall Fristoe, was 27 and her mother, Mary Leighton Sullivan, was 26. She married Col. Henry Washington Younger in 1830, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States.
- Female
- Henry Washington Younger
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Aug 2, 2023 · Bersheba Fristoe Younger, born Bersheba Leighton Fristoe (June 6, 1816 - June 6, 1870) was an American woman who was the mother of the famed Younger Outlaws Cole, Jim, John and Bob. She was born in McMinnville, Tennessee the daughter of judge Richard Marshall Fristoe and Mary L. Fristoe.
- McMinnville, TN
- Col. Henry "Hank" Washington Younger
- TN
- June 6, 1816
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Bursheba was born in 1816. Excerpt from her Find A Grave Memorial 1. "After the assassination of her husband by federal troops in July of 1862, Bursheba was burned out of her family home in Cass County, Missouri. Later that year three of her daughters were imprisoned in Kansas City, Missouri the building they were being held in collapsed causing th...
Death date: Some researchers say she died 6 June 1870 but other says 6 October 1870. The death year 1870 was inscribed on her tombstone, but her Find A Grave memorial shows the date as 6 October 1870.
Find A Grave: Memorial #7133777accessed 06 May 2019, memorial page for Bursheba Sullivan Fristoe Younger (6 Jun 1816–6 Oct 1870), citing Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery, Lees Summit, Jackson Count...
- Female
- June 6, 1816
- Henry Washington Younger
The four brothers — Thomas Coleman, James Hardin, John Harrison, and Robert Ewing, were from a large family of 14 children born to Henry Washington and Busheba Fristoe Younger. Henry came to the Kansas City, Missouri area from Kentucky, where he met Busheba Leighton Fristoe, the daughter of a prominent area farmer.
Bersheba Fristoe Younger, born Bersheba Leighton Fristoe (June 6, 1816 – June 6, 1870) was an American woman who was the mother of the famed Younger Outlaws Cole, Jim, John and Bob.
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