Frank James, Bank Robberies, Quantrills Guerillas,Confederate Soldier
 Frank James, Bank Robberies, Quantrills Guerillas, Confederate Soldier

Frank James  Alexander Franklin James

Born: January 10, 1843 in Clay County, Missouri

Died: February 15, 1915 in Kearney, Missouri

     Frank James was an Outlaw and oldest brother to Jesse James.     Frank James was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War.     Frank James was a a member of Quantrill's guerillas

     Frank James enjoyed a notorious reputation for bank robberies, train robberies and stagecoach robberies from 1866 through 1881

    Frank James and Jesse James ran with the Younger clan with the James gang evolving around them.     After Jesse James was murdered in 1882, Frank James surrendered to Governor Crittenden of Missouri on October 5, 1882

    In July 1883, Frank James received acquittal for the murder of a passenger during a train robbery in 1881

   The last thirty years of Frank James 's life saw him not as an illustrious outlaw but as a farmer, shoe salesman, race track starter, and circus man

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