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Union soldiers visited the James farm
Civil War, no specific date given -
Life style: Plan and attack, flee and hide
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Shot in chest, Summer
Shot durring gurrilla raid -
Well enough to be part of an eighty-man raid on Centralia, Missouri
Led by “Bloody Bill,” the guerrillas terrorized the town and murdered twenty-two unarmed Union soldiers in what is called the Centralia Massacre. James took credit for killing their Union commander, Major Andrew “Ave” Johnston. -
End of civil war/ surrender
Was shot, agin.His cousin, Zerelda “Zee” Mimms, whom he later married, nursed him back to health. -
First robbery
Clay County Savings Bank was robbed and an innocent bystander was shot. -
Shot cashier, became infamous
Though the robbery brought little cash, Jesse James shot the cashier, whom he thought was the man who had killed “Bloody Bill” Anderson a month after the Centralia Massacre. This act of revenge and a daring escape brought James into the public eye. no specific date given -
Married
Jesse James married Zerelda Mimms. Together they had four children: a son Jesse, twin boys Gould and Montgomery who died in infancy, and Mary.
Picture cite:http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/j/jamesj/index.html -
Disaster
James-Younger gang tried to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota. The robbery was the gang’s first serious disaster. The Younger brothers were caught and sent to prison. The James brothers fled and eventually settled in Nashville, Tennessee, where they lived under assumed names. Jesse became “Thomas Howard” and Frank became “B. J. Woodson.” -
Death
Still using his alias, James passed himself off as a cattle buyer and brought two new men, Robert and Charley Ford, into his gang to help him scout banks for future robberies. James was unaware that Robert Ford had already talked with Governor Crittenden about getting a reward for killing him. On April 3, 1882, Robert Ford shot and killed Jesse James. The Ford brothers were tried for murder and found guilty, but the governor pardoned them.
