Belle STARR given name: Myra Belle SHIRLEY (father: John SHIRLEY) b. 8 FEB 1848 Carthage MO d. 5 FEB 1889 (murdered) Younger's Bend, IT (Cherokee Nation) (Family home in MO of John SHIRLEY burned by rebel forces in the Civil war, John SHIRLEY moves to area just east of Dallas, TX) 1866: Belle meets Cole YOUNGER has child: Pearl YOUNGER in Texas. (Cole never sees the child, he is off with Jesse JAMES gang) 1st Husband Jim REED (horse theif) they return to MO. together. (he kills two men and they flee to California) child: Ed REED born in California trouble arises in California and she returns to Texas, Jim Reed hides out at the Tom STARR Ranch in Indian Territory near Eufala. Other outlaws hiding out at the ranch: Sam STARR Jack SPANIARD Jim FRENCH Felix GRIFFIN Blue DUCK Daniel EVANS John MIDDLETON (cousin of Jim REED) time frame: 1873 Aug 6, 1874 Jim REED slain by Deputy Sheriff John T. COLLINS near Paris, TX. Belle leaves children with relatives and moves to Cherokee Nation. 2nd Husband: Sam STARR (father's name is Tom STARR) Child: Henry STARR STARR Family Area: Eufala/Checotah and Briartown Sam STARR Killed by Frank WEST December, 1886, Younger's Bend. 3rd Husband: Jim JULY (Cherokee Indian) m. 1888 Nalora