Leave a message for others who see this profile. That morning, the James-Younger Gang rode into town and converged on the bank. WHO WAS JESSE JAMES? Its members included the famous Old West outlaw Jesse James and his brother, Frank; Thomas Coleman Cole Younger (born in Jackson County, Mo., on Jan. 15, 1844; died March 12, 1916; married to Myra Shirley, aka Belle Starr); James Hardin Jim Younger (born in Jackson County, Mo., on Jan. 15, 1848; died Oct. 19, 1902); John Harrison Younger (born in Jackson County, Mo., in 1851; died March 17, 1874); and Robert Ewing Bob Younger (born in Jackson County, Mo., on Oct. 29, 1853; died Sept. 16, 1889). He and his girlfriend, Hope Bowser, lived in a mobile-home park and paid the rent by doing maintenance, until they were evicted and lost everything, he told me. By 1882, James was living with the last two members of his gang who hadnt run off or died, Charley and Robert Ford. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA. The account, however, stretches credulity. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, an angry man stalked onto the scene. I raced back to the site and later reconstructed a few moments that I missed via interviews and video that I reviewed. Excerpts about Grant's mother, Hannah Simpson Grant, as recorded in Early Records of Simpson Families, by Helen A. Simpson. The way the authors described the American landscape itself as potentially being an encoded map, studded with clues that looked ordinary only to those lacking imagination and skill, was magical. When I saw his name on the tree, I trembled and tears came out of my eyes, he recalled. Thats where I say ambiguity is our worst enemy. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each . . Let me know if I can help you with any connections you may have. While the treasure hunters were taking metal-detector readings and exploring related sites, I measured the circumference of the trees that were pillars of their story. Burl was born in Kentucky circa 1831, and Charlotte was born in Missouri circa 1843. The treasure hunters were intrigued by a controversial theory that he was part of an underground effort to help the South rise again. We strongly recommend visiting the website, learning about the privacy and testing involved, and then discovering your results as to whether your Younger family is related to the outlaw Younger family. lis! James entered the picture in the early 1960s and mid-1970s when a self-styled private detective named Orvus Lee Howk, who claimed to be Jamess grandson, wrote a book and contributed to another arguing that the outlaw was a KGC leader who buried gold. Existing RootsMagic and Family Origins users may upgrade for only $29.95. This book was released on 1988-06 with total page 32 pages. Joan called her Nanna. It would lift him out of poverty and allow him to provide for his family and friends, but he knew gold could also be a curse. gnalogique Dowling avec plus d'un demi-million de parents, In 2018, a father-and-son treasure-hunting team said they had detected a large cache of gold in a forest at Dents Run in northwestern Pennsylvania: as much as $50 million in suspected gold stolen from a mule-led Union Army pack train in 1863. 1. I was troubled that the symbology seemed so malleable, open to the creation of more than one story. One of these, the Northfield Bank in Minnesota, would mark the turning point in the fortunes of Frank and Jesse James. Well, Jesse had a son and a daughter, and all of his grandchildren were born in the 1900s. Local historical societies often have greater knowledge of the history of their area than anyone else, and they can be extremely helpful in pointing you toward research areas and records that they might have available to the public. He explored the forest, looking for a place to dig. In 1998, an international team began tracing and reviewing more than 450 global branches. Jesse's daughter Mary married Henry Barr and had four children. . A descendant of Emperor Tang (1675-1646 BC), his family tree contains millions of descents and today is in the 83rd generation. Mary Susan James Married 6 March 1901 to Henry Lafayette Barr. First, the beech trees. The Boone family; a genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone who came to America in 1717; containing many unpublished bits of early Kentucky history, also a biographical sketch of Daniel Boone, the pioneer, by one of his descendants by Spraker, Ella Atterbury, b. In the end, all they dug up was an empty metal box, but they told the local papers they also found carvings on trees that they interpreted as clues. Betty's descendant line from Jesse James is as follows: 1. It would be a more interesting world if they were, and it would give others the courage to challenge conventional wisdom. Linked to: Timothy Michael Dowling, 12th cousin 6x removed, {{ mediasCtrl.getTitle(media, true) }} I think growing up they were ashamed to talk about their past, and the only information they shared was that we were related to the Younger outlaws who ran with Jesse James. I hadnt found what I was looking for, either something solid to hold on to in this swirl of legend, fact and fantasy; a final verdict. This answer was provided in consultation with Andrew Krea, a researcher from the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Richard Stockton is a freelance science and technology writer from Sacramento, California. But the question becomes at some point, show me something. From the bottom of my heart, I cant wish him more luck and every good tiding, he says. At least these are the reasons that the Ford brothers cited after the death of Jesse James. {{ media.date_translated }}, {{ asCtrl.bannerRights.content|translate }}, The Geneanet family trees are powered by Geneweb 7.0. Tunnel, tunnel! exclaimed Getler, standing on a berm above the hole. Jesse and Frank James rode down the fleeing survivors and shot every man who tried to surrender including the Army major in command. Bersheba Leighton Fristoe was born in McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn., on June 6, 1816, and died in Missouri on June 6, 1870. Start a free family tree online and well do the searching for you. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each . Gathered from those who lived during the same time period , were born in the same place, or who have a family name in common. Although we were unable to find a connection between your Mississippi-area Youngers and the Jackson County, Mo., Youngers, it is still possible that a connection can be made. At the beginning of the National Treasure sequel, Nicolas Cages character lectures in Washington about a shadowy fraternity called the Knights of the Golden Circle and a dark secret contained in the missing pages of John Wilkes Booths diary. The claim that he buried some of the loot he stole, as well as gold from other sources, was a part of the myth that the treasure hunters hoped to verify. He snaked a camera deeper into the hill, and as this story was going to press, he was sending back images that he and Getler interpreted as signs of objects and tool work. Jesse Woodson James (1847-1882) 2nd Generation 2. Major children and living persons must directly contact the. Jesse James home in Buchanan County, where he was killed. Wikimedia CommonsPortrait of Frank James, Jesse James older brother. The operators assistant identified it as a portion of an animal trap. The James-Younger gang became more selective about their targets, favoring banks and other properties owned by Republicans. Gideon Mimms, my great grandfather, was a first cousin of Mrs. Jesse James. Getler had received similar queries and was wary. I only know of their family being from Yazoo City, Miss., which is where my mother (Ida Mae Younger) was born, out of wedlock, so she took her mothers family name. Thats what started this whole thing., Bowser and one of her brothers co-owned about two dozen acres that included the forest on the steep hill overlooking the creek the same creek Somers had visited as a boy of about 10. This could make family connections especially difficult. Getler made a last visit to the beech trees. But theres enough there to make the case.. [13] They also had twins who died in infancy, Gould and Montgomery. Its been going on ever since Jesse was assassinated, Eric James says. Public DomainJesse James home in Buchanan County, where he was killed. They dont get their hands dirty in the field as an archaeologist or even treasure people, he says. Richards, the former teacher from Michigan, and his son, Bradley, a high school freshman, were taking readings above the shaft with a deep-penetrating metal detector hooked up to a digital imaging system. The father of Mary Louisa James is Drury Woodson James, an uncle of Frank & Jesse James and Joan's great-grandfather. James lived his whole life underground, and theres no collection of [personal] letters from him, Stiles says. You can use the other siblings who were not on the run from the law (and therefore may have actually entered a probate with the county) to search for a will or administrative papers. My daughter was familiar with scavenger hunts, of course, and together we marveled at the possibility that more than a century ago people laid clues for anyone to find. Periodically in his spare time, he returns to KGC treasure investigations. Im the last person to say this is all neatly integrated, seamless. William James (c1754-c1805) 9. Zerelda Elizabeth Cole (1825-1911) 3rd Generation 4. His father died in 1851 and his mother re-married Benjamin Simms in 1852. It would add a missing chapter to American history and would raise the question of what became of the secret network. I had first encountered Getlers work on the Confederate underground in 2009, when I interviewed him about the oddly related mysteries of Masonic symbology around Washington that best-selling novelist Dan Brown centered in his D.C. thriller that year. While I was at the pump, I got a text message that the treasure digging had begun anyway and something dramatic was happening. Somers saw the treasure hunt in the largest possible terms. James was born Alexander Franklin James in Kearney, Missouri to Baptist minister Reverend Robert Sallee James and his wife Zerelda (Cole) James, who had moved from Kentucky. Getler conceded that some of this could be graffiti left by lovers initials, hearts and arrows but thats how KGC treasure hieroglyphics tend to work, he said. Placerville, El Dorado County, California, Marriage of Robert James and Zerilda E Cole, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D4-S1D4, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ7-1JN, http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1820usfedcenancestry&h=1259936&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt, 1850 US Census: Name: Robert James; Sex: Male; Age: 31; Event Place (Original): Platte, Clay, Missouri, United States; Birth Year (Estimated): 1819; Birthplace: Kentucky; Race: White, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (, "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (. The next day began with two omens, one hopeful, one not so much. The Mimms, Woodson, James, Poore families all began in Virginia, moved to Logan County, Kentucky and then the James family moved west to Missouri, where Jesse was raised. Circa 1864. Grainy video from a camera snaked into a tunnel off the shaft showed potentially man-made structures and possibly reflective material. Then, learn about the forgotten black cowboys of the frontier. L.V.s father, Paul Younger, was born on Oct. 25, 1880, and died on Jan. 11, 1938. One told me, on the condition that I not publish his name because of his job, that stories of gold on the property go back decades.