
Family tree of Jesse JAMES
Bandit, burglar, crook, privateer
Born Jesse Woodson JAMES
American outlaw, gang leader, bank and train robber and murderer
Born on September 5, 1847 in Clay County, Missouri, USA , United States
Died on April 3, 1882 in St Joseph, Missouri, USA
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After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, Clay County became the scene of great turmoil, as the question of whether slavery would be expanded into the neighboring Kansas Territory came to dominate public life. Numerous people from Missouri migrated to Kansas to try to influence its future. Much of the tension that led up to the Civil War centered on the violence that erupted in Kansas between pro- and anti-slavery militias.
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