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I had hope, however; I had been wounded seven times during the war, and once before in this same lung; and I did not believe I was going to die.
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Birth: | 5th September, 1847 |
Death: | 3rd April, 1882 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Criminal |
Jesse Woodson James was born in Near Kearney, Missouri, USA. He was an American criminal, bank and train robber, guerrilla, gang leader, and murderer. Hailing from the "Little Dixie" area of western Missouri, James was the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He and his brother Frank James were Confederate guerrillas or bushwhackers during the Civil War. On April 3, 1882, James was killed by Robert Ford, a young member of his gang who hoped to collect a reward on James' head. Already a celebrity in life, James became a legendary figure of the Wild West after his death.
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