Ancestry of
Jesse James

Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer

Robert Sallee James

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• • Father of Jesse James — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • John M. James 
  • Mother:
  • Mary G. "Polly" Poor   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Jul 1818 
  • Birth Location:
  • Logan County, Kentucky 
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Aug 1850 
  • Death Location:
  • Hangtown (now Placerville), El Dorado, California 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Zerelda Elizabeth Cole
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Dec 1841 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stamping Ground, Scott, Kentucky 
  • Children:
  
  

  Jesse Woodson James (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  Alexander Franklin "Frank" James

• Sources for Robert Sallee James

  • ¹ Beamis, Joan M. and William E. Pullen, Background of a Bandit: The Ancestry of Jesse James, 2nd Edition, Unknown: Unknown (1971), 1, 16-19, 30.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 95.
  • ³ Wikipedia, "Robert S. James", (accessed 02/06/2013).