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Last week Capital One Bank approved the image of Jesse James for the face of the MasterCard of Eric James, president of The James Preservation Trust. This image never has been published before. The original full image of Jesse will be published for the first time on the book cover of Eric’s new book about the Jesse James family Jesse James Soul Liberty, Behind His Family Heritage of Stigma & Silence.
The funding campaign to publish Jesse James Soul Liberty remains in effect until August 14, 2011 at Kickstarter.com
To encourage additional pledges, The James Preservation Trust will now make this previously unpublished image of Jesse James available to anyone who registers a pledge of $25 or more, or who increases an existing pledge, between now and July 30, 2011. When the funding goal is successfully achieved, those who pledge will receive the image of Jesse James to put on their credit cards, together with the Rewards offered by the pledge amount selected.
Make your pledge today on Kickstarter.com . Put Jesse James on your bank credit card. And put Jesse James Soul Liberty and the history of the Jesse James family on the shelves of America’s bookstores and libraries.
Our good friend & author William "Bill" Penn in Midway, Ky. has been looking at 14 boxes of historical documents, related to Henry Lewis Martin Sr. 1848-1938. Martin is a 2nd cousin of Frank & Jesse James and certainly was personally known by the boy’s Cole family relatives in Midway and Woodford County, Ky. Martin also fought under John Hunt Morgan.
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When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it’s been deleted.How interesting! It’s been fun to learn more about this family and I can’t wait to know more. Jesse Martin was my Grandmother Paulina’s brother.
JESSE JAMES COLLECTABLE . . . Is it a pistol? Is it a walking stick? Or, is it something else? Our friend Wendell Osborne visited the famous 127 Yard Sale – The World’s Longest Yard Sale (look it up). For a song, Wendell walked away with this one-of-a-kind Jesse James collectable. At first, the item looks to be a cane with a pistol grip handle. You have to look closely, though, to see if it’s not a pistol with a very long barrel. But the item’s owner will have to show you what it really is. Pull the pistol grip away from the cane shaft, and the item reveals itself for what it is. The weapon is a dirk!
SUDDEN DEATH – DIARY OF A COVID VICTIM . . . Now on Stray Leaves, our family is fortunate to read the social media diary of our relative Judy Rae Davis Gibson. In a swift 18 days, Judy lost her husband to Covid-19. Judy now shares her painful story with us. We can feel and sense the terror and tragedy when this virus suddenly strikes. There can be no more powerful lesson than this diary to act responsibly, as we live and travel through this time of pandemic and death.
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Sudden Death – Diary of a Covid Victim
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While posting her daily battle against Covid-19 on Facebook, Judy Rae Davis Gibson of our family gives us an inadvertent first-hand record of the