Rob's Genealogy

Person Page 3,136

Robert Sallee James1,2

born 7 July 1818, died about August 1850
  • Father: John James (born 1775, died after February 1827)
  • Mother: Mary Poor (born 1790, died February 1827)

Family: Zerelda Cole (born 29 January 1825)

Facts and Notes

  • Birth: 7 July 1818; Logan County, Kentucky, USABGO1
  • Occupation: Before 1850; Baptist minister and pastor of New Hope Baptist Church
  • Anecdote: Before 1850; Liberty, Adair, Missouri, USABGO; He was an organizer and sat on the first board of trustees for the William Jewell College in Liberty1
  • Death: About August 1850; He died and was buried in an unmarked grave near Hangtown, California1

Citations

  1. [S821] Beamis, Joan M. and William E. Pullen, Background of a Bandit: The Ancestry of Jesse James, pg 17-18
  2. [S821] Beamis, Joan M. and William E. Pullen, Background of a Bandit: The Ancestry of Jesse James, pg 1