Robert Ford (Outlaw)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Newton "Bob" Ford (January 31, 1862 June 8, 1892) was a Ray County, Missouri born American outlaw best known for killing his gang leader Jesse James in 1882. Ford was shot to death by Edward O'Kelley in his tent saloon with a shotgun blast to the front upper body. He was buried in Creede, later reburied at Richmond Cemetery in Ray County, with "The man that shot Jesse James" inscribed on his grave marker.Robert Ford was born in Ray County, Miss ...