Tags: Eric James

• Visiting the Second Great Grandparents of Frank & Jesse James in Cole Cemetery

    In 1754 at the age of 24, John Cole signed a lease with Hancock Lee for 150 acres of land on the north side of Horsepen Run, adjoining the plantation of John Herndon in King George County, Virginia. In 1775 and 1776, Lee’s son Willis Lee entered Virginia’s District of Kentucky and encamped at the spring named Lee’s Big Spring, midway between today’s Frankfort and Lexington. Willis Lee, his cousin Hancock Taylor, Isaac Hite, James Douglas, and John Floyd [...]

• Eric James says “No, Thanks” to Jesse James publisher, North Star Press

  If you thought you knew Jesse James, wait until you meet his family. So says Eric James, author of the new, long awaited, four volume history of the family of Frank and Jesse James. According to historian Nancy Samuelson who has previewed portions of the upcoming book, the author of The History of the Dalton Gang says James’ book is likely to send historians back to find what history they missed. “I was honored that North Star Press of Minnesota [...]

• Duke Ellington, Two Ton Baker, & a Pair of James

  A couple of childhood friends… Chicago radio & TV personality Two Ton Baker, and Duke Ellington, taken at the Blue Note, where my mother Elaine was a cocktail waitress. She & Ella Fitzgerald shared the same birthday, & always joked about it. At home I wasn’t all that friendly to my sister, Mary Lee, though we put on a good show in public. Duke taught me all about custom made shirts & suits, but more about creativity as a profession. [...]

• Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year

  I would like to wish all of you Leaf Blowers a very Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy New Year. linkscolor = “993300″; highlightscolor = “339900″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”; window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “118322884853544″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement(“script”); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js”; document.getElementById(“fb-root”).appendChild(e); }()); Share

• A CHRISTMAS WISH from Frank Younger

  A CHRISTMAS WISH   by Frank Younger Once again we celebrate the festive Christmas Day With fellowship and joy and song and love. The tiny Baby Jesus in a manger full of hay, The chorus of the angels from above. There’s food and decorations, there’s Santa and his toys, And families gathered close from far and wide – Moms and pops and cousins, uncles, aunts and girls and boys All congregated round the warm fireside. Let the spirit of this special [...]

• Midway Museum Peeps

  Had dinner the other night with my peeps (board of directors) of the Midway Museum, in Woodford County, Kentucky. We set our agenda for 2010, that includes a new web site I’m charged with building. Watch for an announcement here by the end of January. We’ve planned it to be a blockbuster. At least as good as Stray Leaves, and maybe better. By way of introduction, L-R, are Ken Alexander. He’s a former broadcaster, with a specific interest in the Kentucky army [...]

• Ted Yeatman Dies

    Ted Yeatman has died. He died November 1, 2009, in Takoma Park, Maryland, after a long illness. Ted’s enduring achievement was his book Frank and Jesse James, The Story Behind the Legend.His meticulous and detailed research resulted in a definitive accounting of the professional careers of the outlaw brothers. Its narrative is nothing less than an encyclopedic accounting that will stand as the definitive historical account about Frank and Jesse James for decades to come. Among Ted’s other contributions, [...]

• “Leaves of Gas”

  Hi there. I have been submitting information and getting information from “Stray Leaves” since October 1999. Eric James is the author. I am a third great granddaughter of John M. James and Clara Nalle James. Their information is on “Stray Leaves.” We have outlaws Frank and Jesse James on Stray Leaves, too, as our cousins. We have actors and former actors and vice presidents and former vice presidents and presidents and former presidents and governors and former governors and mayors [...]

• Greetings, Stray Leaves

  This is your leaf blower, Eric James. Stray Leaves has been published now since 1997. Great things have happened in that time. Countless stray leaves have been raked back into our family forest, many starting new trees of their own. Our forest of families has become thick and luxuriant, the envy of many.Time has come, though, to take Stray Leaves to a new level. Our new blog Leaves of Gas is just one of the first new improvements. This blog [...]