We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Try again later. I have in my possession a letter written by her, and the envelope with its 2 cent stamp, that she wrote in 1915, about a month after Frank's funeral, in which she lamented, "Best Wishes from a lonely old woman whoes (sic) life work is ended." But Alexander Franklin James was also a man who devoured the books in his father's library and quoted Shakespeare at will. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Rev. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Benjamin and Vera Franklin; brothers, Dennis Franklin, Robert Franklin, James Franklin and Joseph Franklin; sister, Rose Peters. Anne gave birth to their only child, Robert Franklin James, on Feb. 6, 1878. Oops, something didn't work. Brother of Jesse L. James, Ingram R. James, Alfred Chrisenberry James, Allen James, Robert T James, Martha Jane James, Nancy Emaline James, Sarah E. James and Canebraline James. Died February 18, 1915. Crittenden to feel him out over her husband Frank surrendering to him. A year after Jesses murder, one man wrote to his brother back East, I think the days of lawlessness & train robbing in Missouri are about over.. All Formats Kindle Edition Paperback Sort by: Popularity. Add to your scrapbook. Informant: Mae A. James, FindAGrave.com Profile: Twentieth Century-Fox may have purchased the rights to the James brothers lives, but the Frank James movie distortions included Frank playing a role in the deaths of the Ford brothers (he didnt). Ele recebeu um bacharelado em comrcio Graduado em Cincias pela Benjamin Franklin University (fundida com a George Washington University em 1987) em 1930. Search above to list available cemeteries. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Try again later. Birth Date: 2/06/1877 Robert Morris was born at or near Liverpool, England, in 1734. Failed to remove flower. The couple came from Kentucky. Learn more about managing a memorial . His real name was Alexander Franklin James (brother of Jesse James). Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Died May 31, 2020 at home in Tucson.Pre-deceased by parents and brother, Jim. http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1959/1959_00039386 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52854444. Frank James died a devout Christian and respected citizen on Feb 18, 1915. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Frank was no longer a solitary man. About the Author: Kathleen Walls is publisher and writer for American Roads and Global Highways, the Ezine for anyone who travels. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Benjamin Franklin, Pennsylvania. When his old comrade Cole Younger was released from prison the two teamed up again to appear in The Great Cole Younger and Frank James Historical Wild West Show. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? However, he did travel extensively, taking a number of jobs, everything from a shoe salesman to a race starter. The Papers of James Madison, vol. (317) 396-1300. Drag images here or select from your computer for Pvt Robert Franklin Bob James memorial. In 1980, country singer Johnny Cash portrayed Frank James in the album, The Legend of Jesse James, and played Frank in the film The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James, six years later. Jesse was still recovering from a gunshot wound received in Lexington, Missouri where he had tried to surrender. Have you taken a DNA test? Six months later, Frank was captured. Frank followed Price as far as Springfield where he became ill and was left behind when Price, even though he had won the victory at Lexington, abandoned the entire area to Union forces. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. But Cole never implicated the James brothers in the Northfield disaster. They were becoming too notorious to feel safe anywhere. Franks leading defense man was Leroy Pope Walker, former Confederate Secretary of War. Birth 22 May 1915 - Courtland, Spotsylvania, Virginia,USA. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. Frank appeared to be satisfied with the straight life but Jesse was not. He married Estella May Sullivan on 26 December 1901. Everybody hated banks. He was the older brother of outlaw Jesse James. Two gang members, Bill Chadwell and Clell Miller, and a bystander, Nicholas Gustavso, were killed by the crossfire. Alexander Franklin James was a Confederate soldier, guerrilla and outlaw. He also turned the family farm into a museum and charged visitors 30 cents to see his brothers grave. Members included Michael Collins, former chief of staff for Representative Lewis and distinguished faculty from across Emory: Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, Chair of African American Studies; Robert Franklin, James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor of Moral Leadership, senior advisor to the Emory . Born in. Please try again later. Wife: Mae A. James Feb. 6, 1878---Frank and Annie's first and only child is born at the Walton farm. At the same time, when nearly six years later, Jesse was killed, a collective sigh was heard across the nation. The James brothers were both born in Missouri, the sons of Robert and Zerelda (Cole) James. Franks propensity for quoting Shakespeare would come up in his trial in 1883, when the Rev. EDIT: He did indeed have children. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? His papa Robert Sallee James, a farmer and Baptist minister, co-founded the William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. After Alexander Franklin James was born on January 10, 1843, he and his parents moved into a three-room cabin by a creek in Clay County, which would be the James family home for the rest of their lives. When Jesse was killed in 1882, Frank must have looked at three-year-old Robert and said, I have to get out of this life., The letters that Frank wrote during his prison stay as he awaited his trials convey the deep love he felt for his wife and child, and they for him. But Frank was taken alive. Later that year, on October 4, 1882, he surrendered to Missouri Gov. They established a gang that included Bob Younger, Cole Younger, James Younger, Bill Chadwell, Clell Miller and Charlie Pitts. Failed to delete memorial. Robert Franklin James. Richard Donald "Dick" James 1926-2009 - About. Zerelda remarried twice, first to Benjamin Simms in 1852 and then to Dr. Reuben Samuel in 1855. Eyes: Grey, Hair: Brn, Complexion: Dark, Height: 5'4".Robert was the only child of Ann Ralston and Alexander Franklin "FRANK" James, and nephew of "JESSE" Woodson James. Thus began four years of legal wrangling over the outlaws fate. Eloped with Frank June 1874. After this, both Frank and Jesse laid low for about three years. Died on 26 jan 2003. On Valentines Day in 1884, while he sat in a jail in Huntsville, Alabama, having been acquitted of the Missouri charges, but still waiting for his trial over the Muscle Shoals payroll robbery in 1881, Frank concluded his letter to Annie with, Kiss Rob and remember me to Ma and all the family. He had no children. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Samuel Grant James 1868-1942. The outlaw brothers stole gold what is equivalent to 1 billion dollars today, gave some in charity while the rest of that loot is buried all over Missouri, never recovered by the federal authorities. American Folk Figure. Countless books have Jesse James in the title, with no reference at all to Frank. There is a problem with your email/password. Alexander Franklin James (January 10, 1843 - February 18, . This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Death Cause: cardiovascular collapse He graduated from TULANE UNIV SCH OF MED in 2001. Years later when Frank visited Springfield as official starter for the horse races at the annual Ozarks Empire Fair he granted an interview to a local reporter. He even joined up with his old comrade, Cole Younger, on a Wild West show tour through the South, and gave lectures on how crime does not pay. He often worked around horses and was sought by various race tracks in various capacities. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Robert Franklin James JR was ordered via divorcee decree in 12/98 to pay 77.33 a week in child support. Bank robber, with James Gang. One of Frank and Jesses sympathizers, John Newman Edwards, who rode out to the James family farm in Kearney, Missouri, to meet them, best captured the differences between the brothers, in his St. Louis Dispatch article, published on November 22, 1873: Jesse laughs at everythingFrank at nothing at all. It made Jesses tongue hang out, Croy wrote. Born 6 Feb 1877 in Nashville, Davidson County, tennessee, USA. With Samuel, she would give her brood four step siblings: Sarah Louisa, John Thomas, Fannie Quantrell and Archie Peyton. Step-son of a doctor turned farmer (Reuben Samuel). Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. 8, 10 March 1784 - 28 March 1786, ed. Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. One son, Robert Franklin James born February 6, 1878. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. JAMES, Robert FranklinBorn October 17, 1939 to Robert Smith James and Anna Murphy James in Marion, Kentucky. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. The issue of Frank James being allowed to go free after so public a life of crime is still hotly contested today, Marley Brant wrote in The Outlaw Youngers. Geni requires JavaScript! Young, the first vice president of the Wild West History Association. Robert Franklin James October 17, 1939 - May 31, 2020. The closest historians get to books about Frank is the 1898 tome focused on Franks murder trial, followed up by Gerard S. Petrones 1998, Jesse joined Bloody Bill Andersons nexus of Quantrill men around 1863 or 1864. Failed to remove flower. The weakest link in the case was the prosecutions lead witness, Dick Liddle, a former gang member and convicted horse thief. Frank followed Quantrill into Kentucky in the waning days of the Confederacy and was nearby at Judge Alex Sayers home on May 10, 1865 when Quantrill was fatally wounded in a shootout at James Wakefields farm. With regard to the Winston train robbery, his accomplice Dick Liddil identified him as being a robber and killer of the passenger. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. That momentous meeting in 1866, though, is where Cole and Frank first hatched the plot to rob a bank, in the name of the Confederate cause, Croy reported, writing, The idea was breathtaking. Carr, stated that the governor can take no action upon your bare suggestion, yet desires to see you in person, and hear you freely, as to your proposals etc.. Wilbur Zink passed on to the great beyond before he could finish his Frank James book, but you can learn more about the researcher in the magazines profile of him, published on TWMag.com, Collecting American Outlaws., What did outlaws like Frank and Jesse James do with all the loot they stole?, Jesse James had his own publicity agentJohn Newman Edwards. Please try again later. Kathleen Walls, for Legends of America, June 2016, updated May 2021. Frank, along with all three Younger brothers, was wounded. He picked up a couple of lung shots April 23, 1865, when he was coming into the Burns schoolhouse to surrender.. He was captured by Union soldiers the following year and forced to take oath not to reenlist in the Confederate army. His mothers death brought Frank back to the James family farm in Kearney, where his story had begun all those years ago. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Quantrills men occasionally rode with the regular Confederate army and it was during on of these occasions that Frank acquired a lifelong friend and benefactor. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. The year of Franks birth, 1843, marked a turning point for his impoverished parents, Robert and Zerelda James. Bill Ryan, one of the robbers, was captured shortly after in Nashville and identified Jesse and Frank James as his co-robbers. Robert was born in 1877. As soon as Frank was acquitted, Missouri reclaimed him to stand trial for the Rocky Cutrobbery however Governor Chittenden pardoned him and Frank was now considered an innocent man free to go about living his life as a law-abiding citizen. Her fiction books include the War in the West series, Under a Bloody Flag and Under a Black Flag; Kudzu; and Last Step which has been made into a movie by Forbes Productions. Thomas Crittenden. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Pvt Robert Franklin Bob James I found on Findagrave.com. Try again later. The next year, their father died of cholera while prospecting for gold and preaching to miners in California. Jesse James had lived through shootouts and two gun . Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Ann Ralston James I found on Findagrave.com. Frank had a profound love of Shakespeare and carried copies of the bards plays in his saddlebags while being pursued by Union soldiers and later law officers. He voiced his concern: The dad-binged play glorifies these outlaws and makes heroes of them. After escaping from Minnesota, in 1877, he began living with wife Annie on rented accommodation near Nashville, Tennessee, under assumed names. They have also lived in New Canaan, CT and Loves Park, IL. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. At some point he married Anna Ralston, and they had a son, Robert Franklin James. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Robert Franklin James - nephew of Jesse based on information from your browser. Frank was represented by eight of the most prestigious lawyers of the time. Franks train was met at the station by a cheering mob. Failed to report flower. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Frank lived in Nashville, Tennessee, in various places in Missouri (including St. Louis during the 1890s) and in Oklahoma from 1907 to 1912, says Roy B. In 1721 the latter founded the New England Courant, the fourth newspaper in the colonies. Robert Sallee James 1818-1850. Edwards was prescient about Jesse, who met his untimely death when one of his own gang members, Robert Ford, turned on him, shooting the 34 year old in the back of his head, while he cleaned the dust off a picture hanging on his living room wall. There father died while the boys were young . I remained with Quantrill for some time and finally became one of his regulars. ROW ONE: The eyes of Jesse James. A Confederate veteran, Edwards became a, September 27, 1864. Missouri Governor Crittenden immediately pardoned them. This was a robbery that Frank, Cole Younger and other gang members had argued against as being too risky. American Folk Figure. Seventeen-year-old Jesse James puts the first notch on his gun. WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. Frank was the oldest of three children. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. And it says they had a son, Robert Franklin James. Both films were notorious for their historical inaccuracies. On June 6, 1874, he eloped with 22-year-old Annie Ralston. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Robert L Franklin, 58. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. The Younger brothersCole, Bob and Jimwere caught and sent to prison. ). Both brothers were often involved with horses in Tennessee and Kentucky and financed their expensive horses with bank and train robberies. Born 30 May 1865 in North Carolina, United States. After his death she married a third time to Dr. Reuben Samuel in 1855 when Frank was 13 years old. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1973 Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1973 The Life Summary of Robert Franklin. After the wars end, Frank joined his brother, Jesse, the Younger brothers, and some others and began a lucrative career of robbing banks and trains. . He graduated from Tulane University School Of Medicine with his medical degree in 2001. Born on 14 mar 1934. The James boys had already split off from the gang. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Frank is never mentioned in this bit of folklore but according to Bruce Rekstad, who operates the Jesse James Pontoon Ride down the Split River, Jesse was hiding out in a cave high above the river while Frank was being treated for his wounded leg in Sioux Falls. According to Rekstad, There was a farm family who lived nearby at that time who said Jesse walked the bluff and asked for food and this (pointing to the cave) is where he walked back to.. will say good night., When Frank was still in Missouri, in Gallatin, awaiting his trial, on March 24, 1883, he sent a drawing of a bird to his son Robert, printing on the reverse, God Bless My Little Man From Papa., When Frank sent Annie a pen and ink sketch he made of him kissing her through the jail bars, his dear wife he so desperately missed and wished to hold once more, she added a Maggie May Danehy poem to his drawing and wrote, on the reverse side, Still my griefs are mine., Annie was the one who had corresponded with Missouri Gov. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Desert Rose Heather Cremation & Burial. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Weve updated the security on the site. Frank left behind his life of crime and found work in various jobs, as a shoe salesman, a Burlesque ticket taker (the theatre promoted, Come get your ticket punched by the legendary Frank James), an AT&T telegraph operator, the betting commissioner for a horse racetrack and a berry picker at a Washington ranch. There is no use talking, they must die., Before the attack, Allan gave his men these instructions, Above everything, destroy the house to the fringe of the ground. James was born on January 10 1846, in Warwick, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. Frank and Annie were living on Josiah Waltons farm near Nashville, Tennessee. The day before Valentines Day, in February 1866, Cole, Frank and 10 other ex-guerrillas showed one bank in Liberty little love, reportedly stealing roughly $57,000, equal to about $890,000 today. These conditions are genetic and are experienced by others among the James family. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? From 10/02 to 1/04 he paid 200 a month. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. (404) 692-1437. kenyatta.greer@emory.edu. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. He was no longer the young man from 17 to 21, willing to do desperate work or to lead a forlorn hope, one of those boys who will go anywhere in the world you will lead them, as he told the St. Louis Republic on August 5, 1900. He had married Annie Ralston in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 6, 1874, just six weeks after Jesse married his first cousin, Zerelda or Zee. Price retreated and Curtis, the Yankee general took possession of the town. Robert Lee James 1894-1988 - About. Johnson. I fought the Yankees four year and the whole world fifteen years. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Ann James (11807)? Robert Lee James 1945-2003 - Robert Lee James III Unk-Living. 3. Jesse is light-hearted, reckless, devil-may-careFrank sober, sedate, a dangerous man always in ambush in the midst of society. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. How well I remember that old court house, Frank said, and good cause I have to remember it. Age 82, Retired Farmer He is affiliated with medical facilities IU Health Methodist Hospital and St. Elizabeth Edgewood Hospital. Neither will be taken alive. PVT, Co G, 2nd US Cav.Spanish American War, enl 9 May 1898 at St Louis MO, discharged 24 Jan 1899 at Huntsville AL w/remarks: "PVT, Very Good". The Chicago-based Pinkerton Detective Agency, hired by railroad companies, had been pursuing Frank and Jesses gang since 1874. Jesse James Folklore Hero or Cold-Blooded Killer? It shows on the tombstone as Ann Ralston James. Tom Carney, the editor of Old Huntsville Magazine, wrote that the James trial was probably the biggest thing to hit Huntsville since the Civil War.. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Held in the town opera house to accommodate the huge crowd of spectators, it was one of the most sensational trials of the century. Robert Franklin James was the only child of outlaw Frank James. cemeteries found in Kearney, Clay County, Missouri, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. A Democratic jury was permitted, and people such as Gen. JO Shelby and the maimed Zerelda James Samuel were allowed to witness, characterizing Frank as a Southern hero and Jesse James as one who was methodically hunted down and murdered by the state of Missouri for little cause other than the fact that he was a former Confederate. 0 cemeteries found in Kearney, Clay County, Missouri, USA. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Frank had long ago shed the outlaw persona that froze his brother in the limelight. AKA: Robert J James, Robert J Jones. The closest historians get to books about Frank is the 1898 tome focused on Franks murder trial, followed up by Gerard S. Petrones 1998 Judgment at Gallatin, and books focused on the two brothers, starting with the 1987 family history about Frank and Jesse written by Phillip Steele and leading up to Ted P. Yeatmans Frank and Jesse James in 2003. Robert Michael Franklin Jr. (born February 22, 1954) is an American author, theologian, ordained minister, and academic administrator who served as the tenth president of Morehouse College from 2007 to 2012. Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA, Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri, USA. PVT, Co G, 2nd US Cav..Spanish American War, enl 9 May 1898 at St Louis MO, discharged 24 Jan 1899 at Huntsville AL w/remarks: PVT, Very Good. Clipping found in Moberly Monitor-Index in Moberly, Missouri on Nov 20, 1959. Add to your scrapbook. His father died in 1851 and his mother re-married Benjamin Simms in 1852. Name: Robert Franklin James Frank James. Frank surrendered July 26, 1865 at Samuels Depot in Nelson County Kentucky. Please reset your password. I also wonder what she did for the next almost 30 years if she thought her life's work was done when her husband, Frank, died. Son of Alexander Franklin James and Ann (Ralston) James.