Jim Reed (outlaw)
James C. Reed, known as Jim Reed (c. 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]
Jim Reed | |
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| Born | James C. Reed c. 1845 |
| Died | August 1874 (aged 28–29) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
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| Spouse | Belle Starr |
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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 (known as Pearl Starr)[7] 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),[8][9] where he is revenged by Silas Greaves.[10]
References edit
- ^ Weiser-Alexander, Kathy (August 2017). "Jim Reed". Legends of America. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Belle Starr's first husband slain". History.com. A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rasmussen, Cecilia (17 February 2002). "Truth Dims the Legend of Outlaw Queen Belle Starr". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ Hunkel, Ed; Marshall Trimble (12 August 2014). . True West Magazine. Muldrow, Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica . "Belle Starr". Encyclopædia Britannica. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ Shirley, Glenn (1982). Belle Starr and Her Times: The Literature, the Facts and the Legends. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-8061-2276-5.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Velter, Florian (6 May 2013). "Astuces Call of Juarez Gunslinger". Jeux Actu (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ Elawar, Zac (23 May 2013). "Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Review". Capsule Computers. Retrieved 29 June 2018.