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Robert S. James
American Baptist minister
Rev. Robert Salle James (July 17, 1818 – August 18, 1850) was an American Baptist minister and one of the founders of William Jewell College in 1849 in Liberty, Missouri.[1] He was the father of the outlaws Frank and Jesse James.
Biography
Robert Salle James was born near Big Whippoorwill Creek at Lickskillet, Logan County, Kentucky.[2] He was the son of John M. James (1775–1827) and Mary "Polly" James (née Poor).[3] Through his mother Robert was a descendant of Jamestowne Society qualifying ancestor Dr.
John Woodson.[4] Woodson, an Oxford-educated surgeon, arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in April 1619 from Devon in the service of Colony of VirginiaGovernorGeorge Yeardley.[5] Robert's maternal grandfather Robert Poor served as a Cornet (military rank) in the Revolutionary War.[6][7]
Robert married Zerelda Cole on December 28, 1841.
His children were Alexander Fr
