Robert Sallee James (
17 July 1818 –
18 August 1850) was a
pastor and father of four children including the James outlaws. Born in
Logan County, Kentucky, he met
Zeralda Cole they married on
28 December 1841. He was the son of John M. James and Mary G. Poor James. His ancestor John James came to America from
Pembrokeshire, Wales in the mid 1600s.
His children were
The Reverend Robert James was a noted revivalist. Probate records show that at his death he owned six slaves, and was a commercial hemp farmer.
James was among the founders of William Jewell College in 1849 in Liberty, Missouri.[1]
