John Younger John Younger John Harrison Younger (1851 – March 17, 1874) was an American outlaw, the brother of Cole, Jim and Bob. He was briefly a member of the James–Younger Gang, a band of outlaws that also included the infamous Jesse James. He was the 11th child of Henry Washington Younger and Bersheba Leighton Fristoe's 14 children and their 5th son, the fourth to survive into adulthood. In July 1862, his father was shot and killed while on a business trip to Kansas City by a detachment of Union militiamen. As a result of this killing, several of John's brothers joined
Jim Reed (outlaw) Jim Reed (outlaw) Jim Reed (1845-1874) was a member of the Quantrill's Raiders during the American Civil War, just like James brothers (Jesse and Frank James) and the Youngers (Jim, John, Bob and Cole). He was killed by a law officer in Paris, Texas in 1874. Belle Starr fought with his brother John Allison "Bud" when she met his sweetheart Jim Reed when his family moved to Texas. They met after a bank robbery in Missouri in 1866. They got married on 1 November 1866 in Collin County, Texas. Then they ran away to Missouri and she became his common-law