Jim Reed (outlaw)

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Jim Reed
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Born1845 (1845)
Died1874 (aged 28–29)
Paris, Texas
Cause of deathGunshot wound
Organization
Spouse(s)Belle Starr
Children
  • Rosie Lee
  • James Edwin Reed

Jim Reed (1845-1874) was a member of the Quantrill's Raiders during the American Civil War, along with the James brothers (Jesse and Frank James) and the Youngers (Jim, John, Bob and Cole).[1] He was killed by a law officer in Paris, Texas in 1874.[2]

Belle Starr fought with his brother John Allison Bud when she met her sweetheart Jim Reed when his family moved to Texas.[3] They met after a bank robbery in Missouri in 1866.[4] They got married on 1 November 1866 in Collin County, Texas.[5] Then they ran away to Missouri and she became his common-law wife.[6] They had a child in 1868 they named Rosie Lee but the couple broke up when Reed met another woman named Rosa McCommas.[3]

Jim Reed appears in the videogame Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (2013),[7][8] where he is revenged by Silas Greaves.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Weiser-Alexander, Kathy (August 2017). "Jim Reed". Legends of America. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Belle Starr's first husband slain". History.com. A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Meier, Allison (3 April 2013). "Belle Starr the Bandit Queen: How a Southern Girl Became a Legendary Western Outlaw". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. ^ Rasmussen, Cecilia (17 February 2002). "Truth Dims the Legend of Outlaw Queen Belle Starr". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  5. ^ Hunkel, Ed; Marshall Trimble (12 August 2014). "Where were Belle Starr and Jim Reed married, and did Frank and Jesse James attend the wedding?". True West Magazine. Muldrow, Oklahoma. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  6. ^ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Belle Starr". Encyclopædia Britannica. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  7. ^ Vasconcellos, Paulo (26 June 2013). "Detonado de Call of Juarez Gunslinger: torne-se uma lenda do Velho Oeste". Techtudo (in Portuguese). Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. ^ Velter, Florian (6 May 2013). "Astuces Call of Juarez Gunslinger". Jeux Actu (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  9. ^ Elawar, Zac (23 May 2013). "Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Review". Capsule Computers. Retrieved 29 June 2018.


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