Zerelda Elizabeth COLE

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29 January 1825 , Kentucky, USA

Died

10 February 1911 , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Cause of Death: died on train to California

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Born: 29 January 1825 in Kentucky, USA

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Zerelda Elizabeth married Robert Sallee JAMES 28 December 1841 in Kentucky, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Robert Sallee JAMES was born 17 July 1818 in Kentucky, USA. Robert Sallee died 18 August 1850 in Placerville, California, USA (Hangtown). Robert Sallee was the child of John JAMES and Mary POOR.

Zerelda Elizabeth COLE died 10 February 1911 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

Born at Black Horse Tavern, Midway, Woodford, Kentucky

Parents:
James Cole (1804 - 1827)
Sarah Lindsay Thomason (1803 - 1851)

Spouses:
Benjamin A Simms (1823 - 1854)
Robert Sallee James (1818 - 1850)*
Reuben Samuel (1828 - 1908)*

Children:
Alexander Franklin James (1843 - 1915)*
Robert Reuben James (1845 - 1845)*
Jesse Woodson James (1847 - 1882)*
Susan Lavenia James Parmer (1849 - 1889)*
Sarah Louise Samuel Nicholson (1858 - 1915)*
Fannie Quantrill Samuel Hall (1863 - 1922)*
Archie Payton Samuel (1866 - 1875)*
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Zerelda Elizabeth COLE married

Robert Sallee JAMES
Marriage date: 28 December 1841
Marriage place: , Kentucky, USA
Robert Sallee JAMES was the child of John JAMES and Mary POOR

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Stamping Ground, Scott, Kentucky

Children of Robert Sallee JAMES and Zerelda Elizabeth COLE

Jesse Woodson JAMES

Born: 5 September 1847, Kearney, Clay, Missouri, USA
Died: 3 April 1882, St Joseph, Missouri, USA

Married: Zerelda Amanda MIMMS 24 April 1874

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Birth — 1825
29 January 1825
Kentucky, USA

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 Marriage / Partner
Zerelda Elizabeth COLE and Robert Sallee JAMES 28 December 1841 , , Kentucky, USA

She was 16 years old.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1847 Birth of Child
Jesse Woodson JAMES was born 5 September 1847, Kearney, Clay, Missouri, USA

Zerelda Elizabeth was 22 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Robert Sallee JAMES died 18 August 1850, Placerville, California, USA (Hangtown)

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1882 Death of Child
Jesse Woodson JAMES died 3 April 1882, St Joseph, Missouri, USA

Zerelda Elizabeth was 57 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

Obituary
Mother of ‘James Boys’ Is Dead

Mrs. Zeralda Samuel, 86 years old, mother of Jesse James, died Friday afternoon on a Frisco train while enroute to Oklahoma City after a visit with her son Frank, at his home near Fletcher, Oklahoma. Mrs. Frank James was with Mrs. Samuel at the time of her death.

Mrs. Samuel died at three o’clock about twenty miles west of Oklahoma City. The body was taken to Oklahoma City and immediately prepared for burial, and shipped on the seven o’clock train for Kansas City.

Mrs. Samuel and her daughter-in-law were going to Kansas City to visit Jesse James, Jr., a grandson. They were in the sleeping car when Mrs. Samuel became suddenly ill, and died before medical aid could be given.

She was born in Kentucky and for several years has been living with her son, John Samuel, a half-brother of Frank and Jesse James, in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Mrs. Samuel had been visiting her son Frank at his home near Fletcher, Oklahoma for the last two months.

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