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Zerelda Amanda Mimms was the daughter of Pastor John Wilson Mimms and Mary Elizabeth James. Her mother was sister to Jesse James ' father, Robert S. James . She and Jesse James married on April 24, 1874, while the James-Younger Gang was still in full force. Of the Jameses and Youngers, Jesse was the first to marry.
Zerelda "Zee" Mimms was Jesse James' cousin and wife, who survived him by 18 years. Learn about their love story, their children, and how she coped with his death and his gang's legacy.
Childhood & Early Life. Zerelda Amanda Mimms was born on July 21, 1845, in Logan, Kentucky, USA. She was one of twelve children born to Mary James Mimms and Pastor John Wilson Mimms. She was named after her mother’s sister-in-law Zerelda Cole. Zee, as she was fondly called, knew Jesse James right from the beginning as he was Zerelda Cole’s son.
Zerelda Amanda Mimms James was the wife and first cousin of outlaw Jesse James. She married him in 1874, nursed him after he was shot, and helped write a book about his life and death.
Zerelda Mimms James was Jesse James's wife and first cousin, who tried to save his life after he was murdered. She suffered from depression and refused to talk about him, preserving their family's privacy until her death.
Jul 20, 2020 · That family was Jesse, two children, and his wife, Zee — Zerelda — described as his "longtime sweetheart" whom he'd married two years before, in 1874, after what Legends of America says was a nine-year courtship. Besides being sweethearts, they were first cousins — her mother was the sister of Jesse and Frank's father, Robert James.
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Zee James was the wife and first cousin of Jesse James, a notorious outlaw and folk legend. She was born in 1845 in Missouri, married Jesse in 1874, and survived him in 1882.
