Yes sir, but where is his body now? and where is Jesse James buried? Coffee wrote: > Frank James lived at his sister's home near Savoy, Texas in Fannin County. > That community in about 10 miles east of Denison, Texas. He hid out there > from Federal authorities. Susan James married on of Quantrill's men named > Parmer. He finally left is sisters home after a few months of hiding and > went back to Missouri to stand trial. General Jo Shelby was a character > witness for Frank James at his trial. Shelby was one of the most beloved men > in Missouri at the time. Shelby came to the trial drunk.He came back to the > trial later when sober and apologized. > > Jerry Coffee > > -----Original Message----- > From: skm <flintlock@kcnet.com> > To: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com <Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:20 PM > Subject: Re: [SouthernTrails] Alabama > > >Another reason the JAmes bros turned was because the north put a cannonball > >thru their house and blew off their step-mothers arm. > >Where is Jesse and Frank James body now? I know they exhumed Jesses body > >a number of years ago, but where is it now? I asked one time why people > were > >pecking away at a certain headstone in the Kearney, Mo. cemetery. > >It was Jesse James headstone. At one time it was quite large, but thru the > >years > >people and their little hameers slowly whittled it away to nothing. > >Frank James(after being acquitted of all charges against him) moved to Hot > >Springs, Ar. and worked at HAppy Hollow, with the stipulation, no pics be > >taken. > >After that I lost track of him. The last I heard about Jesse-he was in a > lab. > >somewhere. Can anyone help me with this? Where are the bodies? > > > >skm wrote: > > > >> Thank You sir. Very well stated!! > >> > >> wyly1@juno.com wrote: > >> > >> > Hi, they were Northern agents sent to reconstruct the South. They had a > >> > type of luggage that looked like carpet. A few were honest, but many > were > >> > very political and plotted to keep the opposing party from voting. In > >> > Hill County, Texas , a carpetbagger manipulated the elections by > >> > declaring all Confederates as traitors and unable to vote. One officer > >> > of Hood's Texas Brigade was an object of a posse of several,Black > >> > deputies who were sent out to arrest the man, He faced them down > >> > singlehandedly, promising to shoot the first Deputy who drew a gun. > They > >> > were also victims of Confiscatory adjusted taxes. > >> > > >> > A major cause of the James Brothers, Daltons and Youngers converting > >> > from Army Gorillas and foragers to outlaw was due to armed > Carpetbaggers > >> > trying to confiscate Confederate family property. Many Carpetbaggers > >> > from "Bleeding Kansas" were sent into Missouri with promise of > political > >> > power and favoritism at the ex > >> > > >> > On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:01:20 -0500 "Rachael/Lisa" <rachael@iswt.com> > >> > writes: > >> > > Hello: > >> > > I have heard that expression alot. Just what is a carpetbagger? > >> > > I want to know. I live in Tn. and have heard that word in derogatory > >> > > alot. > >> > > But noone ever said just what it meant exactly. > >> > > Lisa > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > From: "skm" <flintlock@kcnet.com> > >> > > To: <Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com> > >> > > Sent: Monday, 11 June 2001 9:49 > >> > > Subject: Re: [SouthernTrails] Alabama > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > When the carpetbaggers came to the south to supposedly rebuild it, > >> > > all > >> > > they had > >> > > > to do was claim a person who still owned a farm was a southern > >> > > sympathizer > >> > > > and the farm and possessions were taken. > >> > > > This was a great time of unrest and distrust. Yes, I agree, > >> > > > the distrust of southern > >> > > > people toward northern people is still deeply embedded. > >> > > > > >> > > > Geannie42@aol.com wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > While on the subject of divided families in the Great War, much > >> > > of > >> > > Tennessee > >> > > > > was torn in their loyalties. In my own family, one paternal > >> > > > > great-grandfather fought for the Union, one maternal > >> > > great-grandfather > >> > > fought > >> > > > > for the Confederacy. But, to top that, I had four g-g-uncles, > >> > > brothers, > >> > > who > >> > > > > were divided within the family, with two fighting for the Union > >> > > and two > >> > > for > >> > > > > the Confederacy. All of these lived in the > >> > > Wayne/Hardin/Lawrence County > >> > > > > areas of southern middle Tennessee. There are many, many such > >> > > stories > >> > > from > >> > > > > that area and that era. 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