-1847 SEP 05 Jesse Woodson James born Kearney, Missouri.

-1849 NOV 25 Jesse James' sister, Susan Lavinia James born Kearney, Missouri.

-1850 James Courtney missing in census.

-1850 Jesse James census Clay county, Missouri.

-1850 AUG 19 Robert James dies in California.

-1851 OCT 12 Sally Cole Thomason, paternal grandmother dies, Clay county, Missouri

-1852 SEP 30 Zerelda James marries Benjamin Sims.

-1854 JAN 02 Benjamin Sims dies.

-1855 JUL 22 Zerelda Sims marries Dr. Reuben Samuel.

-1858 DEC 26 sister born

-1860 James Courtney census Johnson county, Missouri.

-1860 Jesse James census Clay county, Missouri.

-1861 DEC 25 brother born

-1863 OCT 18 sister born

-1864 JAN 21 JLC joins the Union Army at Warrensvurg,

-1864 SEP 27 Centralia fight, Jesse James kills Maj. Johnson.

-1865 JLC census Johnson county, MO

-1866 Jul 22 brother born

-1870 James Courtney census Morris county, Kansas.

-1870 NOV 24 sister Susan James marries Allen Parmer.

-1871 JUN 29 James Lafayette Courtney begins diaries.

-1871 OCT 31 James Courtney marries Mary Ellen Barron.

-1872 AUG 16 James Courtney's daughter born

-1874 JAN 31 Gads Hill robbery

-1874 APR 24 JWJ marries Zee Mimms

-1874 JUN 06 Frank James marries Annie Ralston

-1874 AUG 30 JLC daughter born

-1875 JAN 26 Archie Samuel killed by Pinkerton bomb

-1875 AUG 31 Jesse James son Jesse James born, Nashville, Tennessee.

-1876 JUL 07 James Courtney at home (diary)

-1876 JUL 07 Blue Cut robbery

-1876 SEP 07 James Courtney at home (diary)

-1876 SEP 07 Northfield, Minnesota raid

-1876 DEC 02 JLC daughter born

-1877 JUL 23 Zee James' mother dies

-1878 FEB 06 Frank James' son Robert James is born, Nashville, Tennessee.

-1878 FEB 16 Jesse James' twins born and died in Nashville, Tennessee.

-1878 NOV 28 Sallie Samuel sister marries William Nicholson.

-1879 JAN 11 James Courtney's son James born Falls county, Texas.

-1879 JUL 17 Jesse James' daughter Mary born, Nashville, Tennessee.

-1880 DEC 30 Fanny Samuel marries Joe Hall.

-1882 APR 06 James Courtney's daughter Ida born, Waco, Texas.

-1882 APR 03 Jesse James killed by Bob Ford in St. Joseph, Missouri.