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A hard woman in a harder time, Zerelda James was a slaveholder and unabashed supporter of the Southern cause. She lost part of an arm and a young son in a raid on her home by...
Apr 3, 2018 · Jesse James' mother Zerelda James lost her arm to bounty hunters for her son and carried his legacy, hustling and all, to the grave!
Jesse James is born in Clay County, Missouri, son of Baptist minister and slaveholder Robert James and his wife Zerelda. Jesse is almost five years younger than his brother Frank and two years...
Oct 30, 2017 · The year of Frank’s birth, 1843, marked a turning point for his impoverished parents, Robert and Zerelda James. The first large wagon train to Oregon departed that spring, and Robert took advantage of a necessary tool for these journeys—rope—by farming hemp as his crop.
Dec 28, 2017 · When Jesse James was murdered in 1882, Zerelda rejected an offer of $10,000 for his body. Worried that grave robbers would steal Jesse’s body, she had him buried in her front yard, an extra few feet deep and within clear sight of her bedroom window.
Alexander Franklin James was the first child born to Zerelda and Robert James. He arrived January 10, 1843, and grew up on his family's hemp farm in Clay County, Missouri. Clay County was one...
Zerelda "Zee" James, was impoverished after her husband Jesse's death, despite all the money he had stolen.
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