Family records tell us that Jesse James‘ strongest features are his “soul-piercing crystal blue eyes.”
Rev. Robert Sallee James, father of Frank & Jesse James
The Eyes of Jesse & Frank James
ROW ONE: The eyes of Jesse James ROW TWO: The eyes of Frank James
Sensitive to light, Jesse was known to blink his eyes often. A granulated eyelid condition occasionally caused his eyes to swell shut, particularly when asleep. These conditions are genetic and are experienced by others among the James family.
The Eyes of Jesse’s Children
Susan Lavenia James-youth
Susan Lavenia James-adult
ROW ONE L-R: Jesse Edwards James Jr. Esq. in his youth; in middle age, and in old age
The Eyes of Jesse’s Grandchildren
Jo Frances James-Ross
ROW ONE L-R: Jessie Estelle James-Baumel; Ethel Rose James-Owens; Chester Arthur Barr
The Eyes of Jesse’s Great-Grandchildren
ROW ONE L-R: Elizabeth “Betty” Barr; Judge James Randall Ross; Donald James Baumel in youth ROW TWO L-R: Donald James Baumel in his old age; Diane June Baumel-Fairchild
She’s Got Them
Elizabeth Danielle Ross Esq., a second-generation great-granddaughter of Jesse Woodson JamesDanielle Brooke Suwczinsky is a third-generation great-granddaughter of Jesse Woodson James.
The Eyes of Frank James & His Son
Robert Franklin James
TOP ROW L-R: Alexander Franklin “Frank” James in old age and in youth; Robert Franklin James in his youth.
The artist Lois Gibson has authenticated these eyes as being Jesse James. Gibson has sued Stray Leaves, The James Preservation Trust, and Stray Leaves’ publisher Eric F. James because we say she is wrong. If you believe this not Jesse James, as we do, please support us in this lawsuit against Jesse James identity theft. GO FUND JESSE JAMES.
I'm imagining my grandmother Anna Emalen Knaff clocking into her sales job in 1903 at Marshall Field & Co. department store in the morning. In the late afternoon, she met my grandfather Francis Marion "Frank" James during the tragic Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago as they both tended to the injured, dead, and dying. ... See MoreSee Less
Sisters, Hadie Alice Herrin-White & Mirna Florence Herrin-Criswell, in 1956 standing before 106 James St. in Somerset, Pulaski Co KY. They are 2nd great-granddaughters of Rev. Joseph Martin James & Rhoda May by Susan Harriet James & Joseph Allen Herrin. Photo courtesy of Hadie's son, Terry Joseph White. ... See MoreSee Less