Although Frank was the first of the James brothers to ride off to war, he was also the first to tire of it. Lacking his brother Jesse's incessant need for attention, Frank chose to give up crime ...

Frank's activities with a band of pro-Confederate guerrillas brought the wrath of Union militiamen to the James family. Jesse was roughed up and his stepfather tortured for information.

Aside from family lore, there is verification of the claim of James’ presence in Simpson County from an 1897 (Nashville) Tennessean newspaper article. The article recounts Frank and Jesse James ...