Comments on: Dead, Just Like Jesse James

By: lou kilgore

lou kilgore — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:27:50 +0000

DNA evidence did not confirm that it was Jesse James buried in that Grave at Kearney.
The tooth from which the DNA was extracted did not come from that grave. There was no DNA from the grave.The tooth that DNA came from had been picked up someplace on the old farm. It could have came from some other person other than Jesse James, besides the family who lived there may not have been a James at all but the “stand in ” family.
The place designated as “The Old James Farm” is really the Old Samuel place. See the legal descriptions of the place Robert James owned, compared to that farm known as the James farm today.

By: catherine

catherine — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:44:42 +0000

@lou so interested in your information its mind blowing would love to hear more.

By: lou kilgore

lou kilgore — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:38:28 +0000

Just by Coincidence, noticing you mention Elvis…I’ll share this. Jackson Kilgore was my Grandfather In Law, Ginger Alden’s mother is my husband’s first cousin. This story happened a short distance from my home.
http://newtoncountyar.com/elvis.html

By: lou kilgore

lou kilgore — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:27:22 +0000

The many things that I have concerning the J. Frank Dalton story is far to much to explain in any short commect. I have been studying who he may have been and examined people connected to the story and now have some possibnle conclusions although I am still working on it. I still hope to prove who he was for sure. I also have a new address…betty_kilgore@yahoo.com
I firmly believe that Jesse James was not killed by Bob Ford in 1882.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:33:49 +0000

I wasn’t aware that it had been confirmed by DNA but I’ve certainly read plenty of conjecture that Wilkes Booth was NOT the assassin.

By: lou kilgore

lou kilgore — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:16:27 +0000

If I remember correctly it had been prtoven that the man killed as Lincoln’s killer was not John Wilkes Booth by DNA.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:10:47 +0000

Hi Lou – if you get any more information in the future it would be great to hear about it.

By: lou kilgore

lou kilgore — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:03:04 +0000

I have known several people who personally knew J. Frank Dalton and I am related to the family of Joe Vaughn of Wayton, Newton, Ark. who left a manuscript saying he was the only Frank James there was. I have been privelidged to have heard comments and stories from many individuals about these claims.
So far as I know there has been no DNA done for J. Frank Dalton. I was at Grandbury for the exhumation and know the people involved there.
I have a couple of idea’s about who J. Frank Dalton really was. I’m still working on it.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:55:18 +0000

Thanks for such a comprehensive piece Lou, I’d love to hear more about the detailed research you seem to have put in on Jesse James and the associated stories/rumours.

By: Lou Kilgore

Lou Kilgore — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:16:16 +0000

I do think Jesse James faked his death, but exactly who J. Frank Dalton was remains to be seen.
I think this for various reasons. one being that there are no records to prove Jesse James married Zee Mimms or that Frank married Annie Ralston.
There is no record to prove there was an offical post mortem was done either [Oh, I know what all the books say] try getting a record of it.
For the “mysterious stranger” that no one seemed to know, see “Jesse James Was My Father, by Jesse Edward James. He joined the Cortege, served as a pallbearer. Who woulkd know better that Jesse’s son?
There is much, much more to prove Jesse James very likely faked it again, the first time being in 1879 when George Sheppard and Marshall Liggett said they killed him. A casket actually arrived in Clay Co. The Sheriff said he gave his body to friends.
Jesse had to do it again because someone was robbing and openly saying “I’m Jesse James”.
Jewelry taken in a Kentucky robbery was planted with Zee Mimms to prove it was Jesse. Even though the Miss Roundtree whom that Jewelry belonged to and was on that stage was given the Jewelry back. It was left at an old Hotel on the way out of the area as Frank and Jesse left.
I might add that the day before the robbery, Frank , Jesse and Miss Roundtree spent the day together touring a cave.
Further research reveals she was related to Frank and Jesse as well.