Hi all, Our Electric CO-OP sends out monthly magazines and in the January 1999 issue is a story, Titled "Jesse James was my Great Grandfather, a Missing arm points to the real Jesse James", by Betty Dorsett Duke. She has also just published a book, " Jessie James lived and died in Texas" published by Eakin Press. As all of us with James in our families, have probably heard that we were somehow related to the famous Jesse James. I know our family stories say so, but I have not been able to find any connections at all. Betty Dorsett Duke writes this was so in her family but that she has proof that her great Grandfather James Lafayette Courtney was really Jesse James. He came to Texas in 1871 and settled in Falls County, farming community of Blevins, Near Eddy in Central Texas. He married Mary Ellen Barron the daughter of a Texas Ranger, Captain Thomas Hudson Barron. They had eight children, one of whom was her grandmother. He lived to be 96 years of age and died April 15, 1943 in Blevins where he is buried. Her article lists the reason's why James Starr research and conclusions are incorrect. Has anyone read her book yet or seen the pictures? Just more Questions, -- /*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\/*\ Sharon Ivy [email protected] P.O. Box 117, Priddy, TX 76870 County Coordinator for Mills County, TX GenWeb Mills County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmills/mills.html Mills County Military Page: http://www.centex.net/~weldon/ Ivy Place Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3927/