Jesse E. James
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Jesse Edward James commonly known as Tim, was the only surviving son of American outlaw Jesse Woodson James
Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
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 during the height of Jesse James' career as an outlaw. His mother was Zerelda
Zerelda Mimms
Zerelda Amanda Mimms James was the first cousin and wife of Jesse James.-Personal life:Zerelda Amanda Mimms was the daughter of Mary James and Pastor John Wilson Mimms. Her mother was a paternal aunt of Jesse James', the sister of his father, Robert S...

, Jesse James' wife and his first cousin.

Personal life

James was named after his father and Major John Newman Edwards
John Newman Edwards
Major John Newman Edwards, CSA, was famed General Joseph O. Shelby’s adjutant during the American Civil War, an author, a journalist and the founder of the Kansas City Times. He is perhaps best known for contributing to the folk hero status of outlaw Jesse James.-Early life:John N. Edwards was...

. He went by the name of Tim Edwards in his youth to conceal his relationship. James married Stella Frances McGowan (Feb 27, 1882 – Jan 1, 1971) on January 2, 1900 in the parlor of his mother's home, as she was too sick to attend the wedding.

The couple had four daughters:
  • Lucielle Martha James (born December 21, 1900 – June 11, 1988)
  • Josephine Frances James (born April 20, 1902 – March 31, 1964)
  • Jessie Estell James (born August 27, 1906 – February 2, 1987)
  • Ethell Rose James (born July 10, 1908 – December 30, 1991)


James moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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 and became a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

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Career

James wrote a book, Jesse James, My Father (ISBN 978-1-59107-044-3), which was published in 1899.

He appeared in the 1921 films Jesse James Under the Black Flag (with his sister Mary James Barr) and Jesse James as the Outlaw.

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