In Kearney, MO we visited the James Farm where both Jesse and Frank James were raised by their mother Zerelda. The house is the location of the Pinkerton Detective Agency raid in 1875. The Pinkerton bomb killed Jesse's half-brother, Archie, and severed his mother's right hand. The museum located on the farm contains Jesse's original coffin lid, the picture he was straightening when he was shot, and a variety of items owned by Jesse.
[Info. Note: "Home of Rev. Robert James, Baptist minister who came here in 1840. Son Jesse was born here and with his brother Frank, were involved with the Bushwhackers in criminal escapades until Jesse was killed in 1882. Frank surrendered and lived with his family."]
The original location of Jesse's grave can be seen from the porch of the house.
Replica of Jesse's original headstone. The museum contains what is left of Jesse's original tombstone. Because of vandals chipping away at the tombstone, what has survived is a small piece of the base, as well as the footstone.
In 1902, Jesse James was re-interred next to his wife in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Kearney, MO.
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