Alexander Franklin James was a Confederate soldier and guerrilla;in the post-Civil War period,he was an outlaw. The older brother of outlaw Jesse James,Frank was also part of the James–Younger Gang.
John Jordan Crittenden was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison,John Tyler,and Millard Fillmore. He was also the 17th governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislature. Although frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for the U.S. presidency,he never consented to run for the office.
The James–Younger Gang was a notable 19th-century gang of American outlaws that revolved around Jesse James and his brother Frank James. The gang was based in the state of Missouri,the home of most of the members.
Jesse Edwards "Tim" James was the only surviving son of American outlaw Jesse Woodson James. He was born in Nashville,Tennessee,during the height of Jesse James' career as an outlaw. His mother was Zerelda.
John Sappington Marmaduke was an American politician and soldier. He was the 25th governor of Missouri from 1885 until his death in 1887. During the American Civil War,he was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
John Breathitt was an American politician and lawyer who was the 11th Governor of Kentucky. He was the first Democrat to hold this office and was the second Kentucky governor to die in office. Shortly after his death,Breathitt County,Kentucky was organized and named in his honor.
Robert Newton Ford was an American outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on April 3,1882. He and his brother Charley,both members of the James–Younger Gang under James's leadership,went on to perform paid re-enactments of the killing at publicity events. Ford would spend his later years operating multiple saloons and dance halls in the West.
John White Stevenson was the 25th governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress. The son of former Speaker of the House and U.S. diplomat Andrew Stevenson,John Stevenson graduated from the University of Virginia in 1832 and studied law under his cousin,future Congressman Willoughby Newton. After briefly practicing law in Mississippi,he relocated to Covington,Kentucky,and was elected county attorney. After serving in the Kentucky legislature,he was chosen as a delegate to the state's third constitutional convention in 1849 and was one of three commissioners charged with revising its code of laws,a task finished in 1854. A Democrat,he was elected to two consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives where he supported several proposed compromises to avert the Civil War and blamed the Radical Republicans for their failure.
Archibald Dixon was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky. He represented the Whig Party in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly,and was elected the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1844,serving under Governor William Owsley. In 1851,the Whigs nominated him for governor,but he lost to Lazarus W. Powell,his former law partner.
Thomas Ewing Jr. was an attorney,the first chief justice of Kansas and leading free state advocate,Union Army general during the American Civil War,and two-term United States Congressman from Ohio,1877–1881. He narrowly lost the 1879 campaign for Ohio Governor.
Armstead Milton Alexander was an American attorney and politician from Missouri who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885.
Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr. was the Mayor of Kansas City,Missouri from 1907 to 1910.
Edgar Clarence Ellis was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
John William Reid was a lawyer,soldier,one-time slaveholder and U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Conway-Johnson family was a prominent American political family from Arkansas of British origin. It was founded by Henry Wharton Conway of Greene County,Tennessee,who had come to the state of Arkansas in 1820 with his younger brother James and his cousins Elias and Wharton Rector,all of whom were deputy-surveyors under the patronage of their uncle,William Rector,Surveyor General of Missouri,Illinois,and Arkansas.
James Andrew "Dick" Liddil was an American outlaw who was one of the last surviving members of the James-Younger Gang. His surname is often misspelled as Liddel,Liddell,or Liddle.
Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw,bank and train robber,guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the "Little Dixie" area of Missouri,James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies. He and his brother Frank James joined pro-Confederate guerrillas known as "bushwhackers" operating in Missouri and Kansas during the American Civil War. As followers of William Quantrill and "Bloody Bill" Anderson,they were accused of committing atrocities against Union soldiers and civilian abolitionists,including the Centralia Massacre in 1864.
James H. Timberlake was an American law enforcement officer,Civil War soldier,farmer and rancher who served as a deputy U.S. marshal for the Western District of Missouri. Timberlake is best known for being the chief enforcer and investigator against the James-Younger Gang,beginning in the 1870s,which culminated in the death of the outlaw Jesse James on April 3,1882,at the hands of Robert Ford.
Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery in Kansas City,Missouri.
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