Thomas Coleman Younger (January 15, 1844 – March 21, 1916) was an American Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War and later an outlaw leader with the James–Younger Gang. He was the …

Born on January 15, 1844, Cole Younger began life in a large and affluent family residing in the vicinity of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. His father, Henry Washington Younger, who sired fourteen children, …

Feb 23, 2022 · For Cole Younger, the conflict birthed his career as a guerilla fighter and prepared him for a life as an outlaw. Operating on the fringes of society, Younger and his brothers spent the war …

The History of COLE YOUNGER “Be true to your friends if the heavens fall.” -Cole Younger

Cole Younger was a prominent figure in the American Old West, best known as a member of the notorious James-Younger Gang. Born in Missouri in 1844, he grew up in a family of Southern …

Cole Younger (Thomas Coleman Younger), 1844–1916, American outlaw, b. Jackson co., Mo. After the Civil War he joined the outlaw band of Jesse James, with whom he had served as a Confederate …

Cole Younger was an American Confederate partisan during the Civil War. He was born on January 15, 1844, in Greenwood, Missouri, to Henry Washington Younger, a prosperous farmer.

As youngsters in Lee’s Summit, Mo., the Youngers were witness to the bloody Kansas–Missouri border skirmishes and then the strife of the Civil War. Cole Younger joined William C. Quantrill’s raiders, …

Several Confederates followed the young Confederate into the room, and I heard them call him Cole Younger. He (Younger) sent for Col. Cockrell (in command of the Confederate forces) and stated the …

Thomas Coleman “Cole” Younger was an outlaw who joined forces with Jesse and Frank James to rob banks and trains in the period following the Civil War. He was born into a large and affluent family on …