What is Jesse James?
{{otheruses}} {{Infobox Person |name = Jesse James |image = Jesse James.jpg |years = |birth_name = Jesse Woodson James |birth_date = {{birth date|1847|9|5}} |birth_place = [[Clay County, Missouri]], [[United States|USA]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1882|4|3|1847|9|5}} |death_place = [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], [[United States|USA]] |other_names = |known_for = [[Banditry]] |job = |nationality = {{flagcountry|United States|1877}} |spouse = [[Zerelda Mimms]] |children = [[Jesse E. James]]<br />[[Mary James Barr]] }} '''Jesse Woodson James''' (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an [[Americans|American]] [[outlaw]]. He was the most famous member of the [[James-Younger Gang]] in 1875. He was shot in the back of the head and killed by [[Robert Ford (outlaw)|Robert Ford]], a member of his gang for a [[United States dollar|$]]10,000 [[bounty]] that was placed on James by then-Missouri governor Thomas T. Crittenden. == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline|Jesse James}} *[http://www.ericjames.org Official website for the Family of Jesse James] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228205815/http://ericjames.org/ |date=2019-02-28 }} *{{dmoz|Society/History/By_Region/North_America/United_States/West/Personalities/James,_Jesse|Jesse James}} {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Jesse}} [[Category:1847 births]] [[Category:1882 deaths]] [[Category:American Baptists]] [[Category:American folklore]] [[Category:American murder victims]] [[Category:American robbers]] [[Category:Murders by firearm in the United States]] [[Category:People from Missouri]] [[Category:Bushwhackers]] {{US-bio-stub}}