Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers - the noted Western outlaws (1882) (14782347274)

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Title: Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Dacus, J. A. (Joseph A.)
Subjects: James, Frank, 1844-1915 James, Jesse, 1847-1882 Younger, Cole, 1844-1916 Younger, John, 1846-1874 Brigands and robbers
Publisher: Cincinnati : Cinncinnati Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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rr •a fr 0/ § rt —> hx) c < CJ ^ LIVES AND ADVENTURES OF FRANK AND JESSE JAMES. CHAPTER I. THE JAMES FAMILY.—The Rev. Robert James—His marriage—Removal to Missouri—His death inCalifornia. He was a godly man,Gentle and loving. He sought to saveFrora mortal shame and eternal death,Forms laid in the silence of the grave. The Rev. Robert James, the father of Frank andJesse, was a native of Kentucky. His parents werequiet, respectable people, belonging to the middleclass of society. Their desire was to raise up theirchildren in the nurture and admonition of theLord. Being themselves persons of intelligenceand culture, far above the average of their neighborsin those days, the parents of Rev. Robert James re-solved to give him as good an education as the facil-ities accessible to them would permit. Accordingly,Robert was early placed in a neighboring school,and made such progress as to gladden the hearts ofhis parents, and call forth auguries of future dis-ti