Daniel, thank you for your interesting comments. If you would like to see pictures of the JAMES family and the JAMES family residences, go to the following site and go down to the bottom of the page. (It has a picture of the St. Joseph home, too.) http://www.ericjames.org/Meet_Phil_Stewart.html/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Docrrnm@aol.com> To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [MOJACKSO] Jesse JAMES - shot 4 April 1882 - St. Joseph, MO > 2/18/05 > > Dear John & all: > > The article you published about Jesse James brings back lots of memories. My > maternal grandmother, Maud Riley Kennedy, heard the shot that killed Jesse > James. She was living about a city block away in St. Joseph at the time, & was 7 > years of age. I knew her & even knew her mother (i.e., my grandmother). My > maternal great-grandfather, John Titus Flinn (1843 - 1915) was a carpenter & > home-builder who, in fact, built the little home in which James was shot. He had > built it for a politician in St. Joe who never subsequently lived in it but > rented it to the Howard/James family. (I've seen this little house, which is on > the grounds of a hotel there now). > > My grandmother died in 1958. > > By the way, my GGF, GGM, & grandmother all thought JJ was a traveling > salesman (which would explain his frequent absences) & the kids in the > neighborhood--my grandmother included--loved him for the candy he distributed many times > during the year. > > It's an interesting story. > > I'm 75 years old & was born & raised in Kansas City, MO. I've since lived in > Las Cruces, NM; Albuquerque, NM; Scottsdale, AZ; & Palo Alto, CA. Since > retirement in 1992, my wife, my oldest son, & I have lived in this house in the > oldest part of Rio Rancho, NM. (RR is the largest suburb of Albuquerque). > > Many thanks. > > Daniel O'Connell