Background
He saw his father killed by Union soldiers and his home burned to the ground.
He saw his father killed by Union soldiers and his home burned to the ground.
Born in Missouri on October 29, 1853, Robert was the thirteenth of fourteen children born to Henry Washington Younger and Bersheba Leighton Fristoe. Bob was only 8 when the war broke out in 1861. Foreign ten years the gang robbed banks, trains, and stage coaches across Missouri, Kansas, and other nearby states.
Bob Younger is believed to have first joined the gang in 1873.
In September 1876 the gang attempted to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota. The townspeople decided to fight back, and in the ensuing shootout all three of the Younger brothers were captured.
Bob was wounded in the elbow and later in the chest. Two Northfield citizens were killed in the botched raid.
Bob Younger was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
He died of tuberculosis in prison at Stillwater, Minnesota on September 16, 1889 aged 35 years. His body possibly rests in Stillwater, Minnesota. He has a stone in Lee"s Summit Cemetery, located in Lee"s Summit, Missouri, but it was placed there by mistake.
Days of Jesse James (1939) portrayed by Forrest Dillon
Bad Men of Missouri (1941) portrayed by Wayne Morris
The Younger Brothers (1949) portrayed by James Brown
The Great Missouri Raid (1951) portrayed by Paul Lees
Best of the Bad Men (1951) portrayed by Jack Buetel
The True Story of Jesse James (1957) portrayed by Anthony Ray
Bronco (1960) portrayed by Bill Tennant
Young Jesse James (1960) portrayed by Robert Palmer
The Legend of Jesse James (1966) portrayed by Tim McIntire
The Intruders (1970) portrayed by Zalman King
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) portrayed by Matt Clark
Poor Devil (1973) portrayed by Nicholas Georgiade
The Long Riders (1980) portrayed by Robert Carradine
Frank & Jesse (1995) portrayed by Todd Field
American Outlaws (2001) portrayed by Will McCormack
Shootout! (2005) portrayed by Keith Lewis.
James-Younger Gang]
He was a member of the James–Younger Gang.