Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameEstella “Stella” Frances McGowan 
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30Birth27 Feb 1882, Oak Grove, Missouri
Death1 Jan 1971, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
Death Memodied in nursing home
BurialForest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
FatherAlfred M. McGowan (1860->1902)
MotherMartha A. “Mattie” Wood (1862->1902)
Spouses
Birth1875, Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
Death26 Mar 1951, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
BurialForest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
Burial MemoForest Lawn . . . in Glendale?
FatherJesse Woodson James (1847-1882)
MotherZerelda “Zee” Amanda Mimms (1845-1900)
Marriage24 Jan 1900, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri
ChildrenLucille Martha (1900-1988)
Josephine Frances “Jo Frances” (1902-1964)
Jessie Estell (1906-)
Ethel Rose (1908-1991)
Notes for Estella “Stella” Frances McGowan
Note: Born February 27, 1882 in Oak Grove, Missouri to Alfred and Martha McGowen. Stella's genealogy includes Daniel Boone as her [ggg] Grandfather. She married Jesse Edward James January 24, 1900. They had four daughters: Lucille Martha, Josephine Francis, Jessie Estelle, and Ethel Rose. Through the years Stella took the forefront in protecting the memory of Jesse James and the James Family from imposters in the press as well as the courts.
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Notes for Jesse Edward (Spouse 1)
1092The Jesse James-Nathan Boone Connection
Jesse James was born in Clay Co. Missouri, on Sept. 5, 1847. He became one of the most famous outlaws of the American West. He was a Civil War guerrilla at age 15. After the war Jesse formed a gang with his brother, Frank and several other men. They robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains.
In 1876, the gang was decimated trying to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota.
Jesse and Frank escaped and formed another gang and quietly slipped out of the state and hid out in Nashville, Tennessee. There he was known as Thomas Howard.
Mr. Howard and his Wife, Zee had a son born, Dec. 31, 1875. They named him Charlie Howard. Jesse James called him Tim.
Mr. Howard moved his family back to Missouri. On April 3, 1882, in St. Joseph, Missouri Jesse James was shot in the back by a fellow gang member, Bob Ford, for the reward. The 7 year old lad had not known his real name, Jesse Edward James, Jr. until after his Father's death.
Jesse James Jr. grew up and was running a cigar stand in the lobby of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri when he met and married Stella Frances McGowan. They married in the parlor of her parent's home on January 24, 1900.
Stella and her family had only just moved to Kansas City. She grew up on a farm with her parents, Alfred M. and Martha McGowan, near Ash Grove, Missouri.
Mary Boone Hosman, Stella's Great Grandmother and Daughter of Nathan Boone was living in the Nathan Boone cabin at the time of her marriage.
Jesse James, Jr. and his Boone descendant wife lived in Kansas City where he practiced law for 25 years. One of his clients would become President of the United States, his name was, Harry S. Truman.
Jesse James was born in Clay Co. Missouri, on Sept. 5, 1847. He became one of the most famous outlaws of the American West. He was a Civil War guerrilla at age 15. After the war Jesse formed a gang with his brother, Frank and several other men. They robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains.
In 1876, the gang was decimated trying to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota.
Jesse and Frank escaped and formed another gang and quietly slipped out of the state and hid out in Nashville, Tennessee. There he was known as Thomas Howard.
Mr. Howard and his Wife, Zee had a son born, Dec. 31, 1875. They named him Charlie Howard. Jesse James called him Tim.
Mr. Howard moved his family back to Missouri. On April 3, 1882, in St. Joseph, Missouri Jesse James was shot in the back by a fellow gang member, Bob Ford, for the reward. The 7 year old lad had not known his real name, Jesse Edward James, Jr. until after his Father's death.
Jesse James Jr. grew up and was running a cigar stand in the lobby of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri when he met and married Stella Frances McGowan. They married in the parlor of her parent's home on January 24, 1900.
Stella and her family had only just moved to Kansas City. She grew up on a farm with her parents, Alfred M. and Martha McGowan, near Ash Grove, Missouri.
Mary Boone Hosman, Stella's Great Grandmother and Daughter of Nathan Boone was living in the Nathan Boone cabin at the time of her marriage.
Jesse James, Jr. and his Boone descendant wife lived in Kansas City where he practiced law for 25 years. One of his clients would become President of the United States, his name was, Harry S. Truman.