| 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 |