Younger was born on January 15, 1844 on the Younger family farm in Jackson County, Missouri. He was the elder brother of Jim, John and Bob Younger, who were also members of the gang. Jim committed suicide in a hotel room in St. Paul, Minnesota, on October 19, 1902. Cole Younger is the main antagonist in the Hulu Original Series Quick Draw. In the last days of the war, the Radicals had pushed through a new state constitution that barred all Confederate sympathizers from voting, serving on juries, holding public office, preaching the gospel, or carrying out other public roles. Cole died the next year, on March 21, 1916, in his hometown of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. [citation needed], Most of the former bushwhackers returned to peaceful lives. The Youngers pleaded guilty to the murder charges against them which, under Minnesota law, saved them from hanging. Younger was born on January 15, 1844 on the Younger family farm in Jackson County, Missouri. It enacted a number of reforms, but the restrictions on former Confederates created disunity. Captured two weeks later, Cole Younger had no fewer than eight lead wounds and as many as 11—he gave different numbers to reporters. He was shot eleven times that day, but recovered and was sentenced to life in prison. The bank was run by the leading citizens of Clay County, who had just held a public meeting for their association. For the robbing of the Northfield bank They say I cant deny And now I am a poor prisoner In the Stillwater Jail I lie. 28 The Challenge) the outlaw Jake Pardee is referred to as being: “Even bigger than Cole Younger”. Father: Henry Washington Younger (farmer-shopkeeper, b. 1852, d. 1907 train wreck)Brother: Robert Ewing Younger (gangster, "Bob", b. Dec-1853, d. 1889 in prison, tuberculosis)Sister: Henrietta Younger Rawlins ("Retta", b. He claimed he was sent to California on a recruiting mission, and returned after the war's end to find Missouri ruled by a militant faction of Unionist Radicals. 15-Jan-1848, d. 1902 suicide)Brother: Alphae Younger (b. Some Younger families changed their last names to Jungers to avoid a family association with the gangsters. Portrait of Cole Younger taken when he was a prisoner at the Minnesota State Prison, c. 1889, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, The Cole Younger and Frank James Wild West Company, The story of Cole Younger by himself: being an autobiography of the Missouri ...By Cole Younger, "Quick Draw TV Series, Outlaw: Cole Younger", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cole_Younger&oldid=978746717, People of Missouri in the American Civil War, Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Minnesota, Wikipedia introduction cleanup from September 2018, Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from September 2018, All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify, Articles needing additional references from September 2018, All articles needing additional references, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2017, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 September 2020, at 18:30. Three of the outlaws entered the bank, as the remaining five, led by Cole Younger, remained on the street to provide cover. Pitts was killed, and Cole, Jim, and Bob Younger were badly wounded and captured. When the James-Younger Gang attempted to rob the First National Bank in He also toured America in speaking engagements and made celebrity appearances in "Wild West" shows. Oliver Shepard was killed resisting arrest and George was imprisoned. [citation needed], It is uncertain when Cole Younger and his brothers joined Clement's gang. Most of their former leaders, including Quantrill and William "Bloody Bill" Anderson, had been killed during the war. 1832, d. 1924)Sister: Frances Isabelle Younger Hall (b. By 1862, the Confederate Army had been forced to withdraw from the state, and most of the fighting involved pro-Union and pro-Confederate partisans rather than regular armies. [2], In the episode "One Way Ticket" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne, Philip Carey plays Cole Younger, who in the story line is being transported by railway to the penitentiary in Denver, Colorado. Frank James surrendered to Missouri Governor Thomas T. Crittenden on October 4, 1882.