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Jesse Woodson James (September 5 1847 – April 3 1882) was an American Old West|American outlaw in the border state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. After his death, he became a legendary figure of the American Old West|Wild West, for standing up against corporations in defense of the small farmer, although his robberies benefited only him and his band. Recent scholarship places him in the context of regional insurgencies of ex-Confederates following the American Civil War rather than a manifestation of the frontier.<ref>T. J. Stiles, ''Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002)</ref>
Early life Jesse Woodson James was born in Clay County, Missouri|Clay County, Missouri, at the site of present day Kearney, Missouri|Kearney on September 5, 1847. His father Robert S. James|Robert James was a commercial hemp farmer and Baptist minister in Kentucky who migrated to Missouri after marriage and helped found Liberty College in Liberty, Missouri.<ref>T. J. Stiles, ''Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002), 20-5.</ref> Robert James travelled to California during the Gold Rush and died there when Jesse was three years old. After Robert's death, Jesse's mother Zerelda James|Zerelda remarried, first to Benjamin Simms, and then to a doctor named Re... read all Jesse James top albumsJesse James top songs and lyrics
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