Wanted! Frank & Jesse James: The Real Story

By Squeak9614

  • Robert Salle James marries Zerelda Cole

    Parents of the James boys.

  • Alexander Franklin(Frank) James was born.

  • Jesse Woodson James was born.

    Birth of Jesse James.

  • Susan Levenia James was born.

    Younger sister of Frank and Jesse James.

  • Robert James died

  • Zerelda remarries.

    She marries Benjamin Simms who moves out after a few months then died a few months later.

  • Zerelda marries Dr. Reuben Samuels.

  • Frank James joins Quantrill's gang.

    Army Guerillas. Pro-slavery soldiers.

  • Jesse James joins Bloody Bill

    Another pro-southern soldier.

  • Quantril dies.

    Quantrill was the leader of the guerilla group wich Frank was part of.

  • Jesse was shot in the lungs.

    They expected him to die, but he soldierd on(exuse the pun).

  • Jesse returns home.

    After being shot in the lung again, Jesse thought he was going to die so he requested that he be taken back to his childhood home.

  • Frank surrenders.

  • Jesse became engaged to his first cousin Zee(Zerelda).

    The family was not happy with this relationship, but the young couple didn't care at all.

  • First Bank Robbery

    Libberty, Missouri. Left with only $2,000.

  • Bank in Savannah, Missouri is robbed.

    Left with nothing.

  • First real murder.

    During the Robberiy in Gallatin, Missouri Jesse mistook Captain Sheets for Major Cox(The man who had killed Bloody Bill Anderson).

  • Bank in Gorydon, Iowa robbed

    After the robbery Jesse went to the town meeting to ask if anyone knew that something was wrong at the bank.

  • James' Gangs first train Robbery

    Happend in Council Bluffs, Iowa. No farmers would go after them,because it was the train company's money that had been stolen.

  • John Whicher hatches a plan to bring in the James boys.

    He planned to disguise himself as a drifter and get hired at the James' farm. The Pinkerton agent was later found dead by a river bed near Kearny.

  • Zee and Jessie get married.

  • James' house is bombed by Pinkerton Agents

    Zerelda loses an arm, and Ambrose(the servants son) loses his life.

  • Birth of Jesse Edwards James.

    Nicknamed Jesse Jr.

  • Frank marries Annie Ralston.

  • Frank and Jesse start to lay low and try to live normal lives.

    Jesse's alias was Mr. J. D. Howard. Franks' alias was B.J. Woodson.

  • Frank and Annie had a son.

    Robert Franklin was desguised as a girl when he was a baby.

  • Jesse and Zee had twins that died within weeks of birth

  • Marry James is born.

    Daughter of Jesse and Zee james.

  • Frank and Jesse reunite

  • Jesse rejoins the crime world.

  • Bill Ryan goes to trial.

    One of Jesse's cohorts.

  • Jesse James dies.

    Killed by Bob Ford. Charlie Ford kills himself a week later.

  • Frank goes on trial.

  • Frank is a free man at last.