Ancestry of
Jesse James

Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer

Zerelda Elizabeth Cole

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• • Mother of Jesse James — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • James Cole 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Lindsay   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Jan 1825 
  • Birth Location:
  • Black Horse Tavern, Midway, Woodford, Kentucky 
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Feb 1911 
  • Death Location:
  • on train to California near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Robert Sallee James
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Dec 1841 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stamping Ground, Scott, Kentucky 
  • Children:
  
  

  Jesse Woodson James (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  Alexander Franklin "Frank" James

• Additional marriages for Zerelda Elizabeth Cole

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  • Spouse:
  • Benjamin Simms
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 18 Aug 1850

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  • Spouse:
  • Reuben Samuel
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Sep 1855

• Sources for Zerelda Elizabeth Cole

  • ¹ Beamis, Joan M. and William E. Pullen, Background of a Bandit: The Ancestry of Jesse James, 2nd Edition, Unknown: Unknown (1971), 16-19, 30, 58-60.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 95.
  • ³ Wikipedia, "Zerelda James", (accessed 02/07/2013).