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Dr Reuben Samuel
1828 – 1908 Mount Olivet Cemetery
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- Birth
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Owen County, Kentucky, USA
- Death
- 1 Mar 1908 (aged 80)
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
- Burial
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Kearney, Clay County, Missouri, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 39.3675231, Longitude: -94.3647658
- Memorial ID
- 6230 View Source
From - St. Joe, Missouri - Places and Things We Remember, Lawrence Bundy · July 2021
Dr. Reuben Samuel
He was the stepfather of Frank and Jesse James, having married their mother, Zerelda in 1855. He was born in Owen County Kentucky in 1828 and attended medical school in Cincinnati. He practiced medicine in Missouri before their marriage. After their marriage he turned to farming her place in Clay County Mo. In 1863 he was hanged three times by Union troops who were searching for Frank James and William Quantrill. He almost died and suffered brain damage. Jesse was also beaten as they tried to get information on his brother. In 1875 the Pinkertons fire bombed the family farmhouse in their search for Frank and Jesse. Dr Samuel's son Archie was killed and Zerelda was severely injured. He died in 1908 after spending six years at the State Mental Hospital in St. Joseph.
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Dr. Reuben Samuel
He was the stepfather of Frank and Jesse James, having married their mother, Zerelda in 1855. He was born in Owen County Kentucky in 1828 and attended medical school in Cincinnati. He practiced medicine in Missouri before their marriage. After their marriage he turned to farming her place in Clay County Mo. In 1863 he was hanged three times by Union troops who were searching for Frank James and William Quantrill. He almost died and suffered brain damage. Jesse was also beaten as they tried to get information on his brother. In 1875 the Pinkertons fire bombed the family farmhouse in their search for Frank and Jesse. Dr Samuel's son Archie was killed and Zerelda was severely injured. He died in 1908 after spending six years at the State Mental Hospital in St. Joseph.
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From - St. Joe, Missouri - Places and Things We Remember, Lawrence Bundy · July 2021
Dr. Reuben Samuel
He was the stepfather of Frank and Jesse James, having married their mother, Zerelda in 1855. He was born in Owen County Kentucky in 1828 and attended medical school in Cincinnati. He practiced medicine in Missouri before their marriage. After their marriage he turned to farming her place in Clay County Mo. In 1863 he was hanged three times by Union troops who were searching for Frank James and William Quantrill. He almost died and suffered brain damage. Jesse was also beaten as they tried to get information on his brother. In 1875 the Pinkertons fire bombed the family farmhouse in their search for Frank and Jesse. Dr Samuel's son Archie was killed and Zerelda was severely injured. He died in 1908 after spending six years at the State Mental Hospital in St. Joseph.
Contributor: FindAGrave Member #47736439
Dr. Reuben Samuel
He was the stepfather of Frank and Jesse James, having married their mother, Zerelda in 1855. He was born in Owen County Kentucky in 1828 and attended medical school in Cincinnati. He practiced medicine in Missouri before their marriage. After their marriage he turned to farming her place in Clay County Mo. In 1863 he was hanged three times by Union troops who were searching for Frank James and William Quantrill. He almost died and suffered brain damage. Jesse was also beaten as they tried to get information on his brother. In 1875 the Pinkertons fire bombed the family farmhouse in their search for Frank and Jesse. Dr Samuel's son Archie was killed and Zerelda was severely injured. He died in 1908 after spending six years at the State Mental Hospital in St. Joseph.
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6230/reuben-samuel: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Reuben Samuel (12 Jan 1828–1 Mar 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6230, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Kearney, Clay County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by moraycc (contributor 46909452).
