Career
He was the brother of Cole, John and Bob Younger
Born in Missouri on January 15, 1848. He was the ninth of fourteen children born to Henry Washington Younger and Bersheba Leighton Fristoe. Jim was later captured by Union troops in the same ambush that resulted in William Quantrill"s death.
Jim was imprisoned until the end of the war.
After the war Jim tried his hand at various activities, including starting a horse ranch. He left the gang and spent the next two years working a ranch in San Luis Obispo, California.
Jim returned to the gang in time to join the ill-fated 1876 bank job in Northfield, Minnesota. Participant of his jaw was shot off and he was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment.
After his release he became engaged to Alix Mueller, who had met him in prison 20 years after the Northfield robbery.
Due to the terms of his parole, however, Jim couldn"t marry. He committed suicide on October 19, 1902. His body was returned to Lee"s Summit, Missouri for burial.
In 1954, the actor Sheb Wooley played Younger in an episode of Jim Davis"s syndicated western television series, Stories of the Century.
In the 1972 filmThe Great Northfield Minnesota Raid he was portrayed by Luke Askew. In the 1980 film The Long Riders, he was portrayed by Keith Carradine.
In the show Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman, he was portrayed in the episode "Baby Outlaws S3E21" by Donnie Jeffcoat
In the 2001 film American Outlaws he was portrayed by Gregory Smith.
