Eventually, Cole Younger helped form the James-Younger gang with his brother Jim and the brothers Frank and Jesse James. The group would rob banks, trains and stagecoaches throughout the years ...

Jesse James is born in Clay County ... members of the James gang. John Younger is killed. One of the detectives and a local ally of the Pinkertons are also killed. Agency head Alan Pinkerton ...

Slave-Owning Family Jesse was born in Clay County, Missouri, on September 5, 1847, to Zerelda and Robert James, hemp farmers who owned six slaves. When the Civil War came, young Jesse watched ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jesse James ... Born in Missouri in 1847, James became a notorious figure following the Civil War, leading a gang responsible for numerous bank and train robberies ...