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Jesse James and his brother always were Outlaws. They were born in Missouri. He and his brother went to the west and robbed the banks and trains.  His dad was a minister and died when Jesse was just a boy. His mom got married three times. He and his brother were known as the "Mother of Bandits"! The strange thing about him he staged his own death.

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You will have a lot of fun looking up things about Jesse James if you are interested in history and the old west.

  When the Jesse's gang got going they made $62,000. Then a couple years after there was a train carrying $72,000 dollars worth of gold and Jesse and his gang were right on it and got a lot of gold.

   At Jesse's grave people had paid twenty-five cents and got rid of his rock grave and got him a real tomb. On his Grave stone it said :

In Loving Remembrance of My Beloved Son
Jesse James
Died April 3, 1882
AGED 34 YEARS, 6 MONTHS, 28 DAYS
MURDERED BY A TRAITOR AND COWARD WHOSE
NAME IS NOT WORTHY TO APPEAR HERE