Jesse James Rides Again! History books say Jesse Woodson James was killed on April 3, 1882, but others think differently. (Hall) I believe Jesse James died in 1951 in Grandbury, Texas at the age of 103. Between 1882 and 1948 he had many different names, but primarily J. Frank Dalton. From the Civil War to the supposed death of Jesse James in 1882, Jesse was a major outlaw. After 1882, Jesse lived a normal life and worked in many different professions. Jesse Woodson James was born September 5, 1847 in western Missouri. Jesse's father, a Baptist minister, Robert Salle James and his mother Zerelda Cole. Jesse had a full brother Frank James and other half-siblings. Jesse's father died when he was a young boy, and his mother remarried more than once. When Jesse was 17, he married a young girl, who was also his first cousin, named Zerelda Mimms. They had 2 children, Jesse Jr. and Mary. (O'Brien)When Jesse was 14, his brother Frank went to fight in the war and joined Quantrill's guerrillas. Quantrill's Guerrillas were a group of Missouri men who formed a company in the Confederate Army. These men would hide in bushes and woods, then ambush Union soldiers. The name bushwhackers comes from these men. One day while Jesse was doing his farm work, many Union soldiers came to Jesse's house. They destroyed his house and attempted to hang his father-in-law, Dr. Samuels, in an attempt to extract information about Quantrill's guerrillas. Jesse and his family didn't say where they were, so the soldiers left. This made Jesse very angry. He went to Frank and the guerrillas and convinced them to let him join when he was 14. He accompanied the guerrillas through many battles until they surrendered at the end of the civil war. He was wounded more than once while riding with the guerrillas. Jesse rode with many different outlaws in the guerrillas, such as Bloody Bill Anderson, his cousins ​​the Younger brothers, and many other men. (O'Brien) After the Civil War, Jesse was an outlaw. He rode with Frank, his cousins ​​younger brothers and many other men such as Bob and Charlie Ford, Jesse's supposed killers..