Who Killed The Man Who Killed Jesse James?

This is another Old West real life tale that happened in Oklahoma.
#cemetery #oklahoma #history

[@RhettyforHistory]

Small correction on when Jesse James was assassinated. It was 1882 not 1892 as I had stated.

[@rickcolloredo6393]

Thanks Rhettyforfun - great story about my great great uncle (Red O’Kelley)!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You have an interesting relative. Thanks for watching!

[@mikeforce5926]

Wow he was your uncle.Very cool.

[@rhonda5711]

If I woulda had you for history teacher in high school, I prolly woulda learned more than I did :) Thanks for the history lessons!

[@RhettyforHistory]

There is a lot of history out there that just isn't covered and a lot of it is pretty wild and interesting! Thanks for watching Rhonda!

[@TheCuttingBoard1971]

Not many people can make history interesting to me. You did. Thank you.😃

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you! I appreciate that.

[@mikeforce5926]

Wow what a character he was.Another very interesting story you tell so well.Great video.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Michael! It's a fascinating look into the ending part of the old west. Thanks for watching!

[@albertwaggoner3249]

Well thank you again. Another interesting and enjoyable trip in history. I so enjoy your past time Appreciate your efforts... I am starting to go back thru your previous videos and its fantastic...

[@RhettyforHistory]

I appreciate you going back and watching! If you went this far back there are probably quite a few you haven't seen. Thanks again for the kind words as well Albert!

[@swansfan6944]

Great job again Rhetty. Love hearing about the old west stories, they are never boring. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Jodie! I love the old west and I'm fortunate we have quite a bit of it right here where I'm at in Oklahoma.

[@swansfan6944]

@@RhettyforHistory yes, I know you do. I love hearing about the old west, the Native Americans, and the civil war, all so interesting.

[@LandumCgoesthere]

Hey Rhetty... very interesting video ( as usual)! keep'm coming!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks buddy, I appreciate it!

[@tangie777uk]

Always love your videos. Thank you Rhetty

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Tangi! I appreciate you watching.

[@everynameistakencrap]

We should never stop our search for history or truth. Thank you, sir.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome. There is a lot of history out there i feel has been forgotten and I love trying to give it a little light again. Thank you for watching!

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

Great video. The story re-enforces the "live by the sword, die by the sword"

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it does. Thank you so much for watching!

[@roadkillreview3781]

Great video, I've heard parts of these stories before but never knew the whole. Thanks for showing us around.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ronileigh9336]

I love learning the real stories of the old west. BTW I'm from and living in Missouri.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Missouri had a lot of those stories from the old west!

[@raycope2086]

Great stories mate. Keep 'em coming. I wish you rainbows.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Ray! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and I appreciate you watching!

[@shelbygirl4382]

Great story. Big history buff, can't wait to see more

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. This was history that was not so well known. Thanks for watching!

[@shelbygirl4382]

@@RhettyforHistory you're absolutely right A lot of these videos I've watched so far I've never even heard of these Outlaws, think I'm going to be catching up on some of your videos this weekend. Break out the munchies :)

[@karen4you]

Had me spellbound by this story. And I thought about what people chose to do with the life they are given.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you. You're right, life is all about choices wether good or bad.

[@janicetrent9694]

Very interesting, thank you Rhetty. Another interesting story. Wish my dad were here he would love your videos also. A little tidbit. He has an uncle that was named Jesse James Von Kanode. From my grandmother from Germany. They came over in the mid 1800's. I always that was interesting. Be safe driving.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That's an interesting name combination. I love finding these little obscure stories and trying to breathe life in them again. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@zipshed]

Hello Rhetty, Very interesting facts that I never knew. I had never known what happened to O'Kelley later in his life. Great job as always and I enjoyed this very much!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Wally! I wasn't sure if many people had even heard of O'Kelley. Some of these old outlaws have been lost over time. I appreciate you watching.

[@zipshed]

I agree them old western names are vanishing. The shools dont teach anything like that and it seems the latest generations have lost much interest in the old west. Sad...its all our history to get where we are today. Thanks...I appreciate what you do!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about schools not teaching it and people losing interest in it. But you're also right about it being part of who we are today. It was all part of progress.

[@derekstocker6661]

Very well done documentry, so interested in the "wild" side of the old west and this is a big part of it, thank you.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Derek! There are a lot of wild old west stories out there! It's always great to hear from others that love them as much as I do

[@juneholbrook9452]

I'm reading a book right now that in recounting Jessie James' murder said that Oklahoma was still thought of as a place a person could still hide out in . Edward O. came to Oklahoma for this reason the author speculated. Another great video. The book is Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation by Micheal Wallis.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oklahoma was definitely a hot bed for criminals. Especially when it was a territory. That book you're reading sounds interesting. I'll have to try get a copy of that! Thanks for watching!

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Love history! Thank you. Great video

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Raynona!

[@garypowell4565]

Hello Bob! The last words that he heard, according to the movie.

[@bthompson1767]

He got two hellos that day one from Jesse

[@TampaJay]

That was fascinating man thanks for sharing. It was fascinating to know that the man that shot Jesse James was shot by a man that was shot by another man. I was fun and very interesting

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks Jay. I really appreciate you watching.

[@patricialenaburg6553]

Very interesting, love these stories. Good work.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@RedStingrayy]

I really enjoy ur videos and information man, thank u

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and I appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@jenniferfranklin479]

Some of the Dalton gang is buried in Coffeyville Kansas very interesting story

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes they are. They are on my radar to do a story on them. Thanks for watching!

[@sydneyadams4758]

My vivid imagination sees the ghosts of O'Kelley & Burnett still locked in struggle in the dark of the night in that cemetery.... LOL Great story teller you are.... waving howdy from Michigan

[@RhettyforHistory]

I was picturing the same thing you were. And I also wondered how many others were like that in the same cemetery. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@GregsVlog]

So many interesting stories in cemetaries! Thanks!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks Greg! I appreciate it buddy!

[@GregsVlog]

Dang it, I meant to say "Cemeteries!" haha autocorrect!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Haha! Auto correct gets me all the time! So much for a smart phone!

[@deborahisaacs5541]

Awesome videos, l love them, l really hope some of our children in school would see your videos to learn how important the civil war, and a few outlaws, good for you and keep the videos coming I subscribed right away and l am a 66 yr old grandmother. Here is a little history, l lived a short time in Danville Virginia, where the last Confederate Capitol is still on main st. It is a museum but it is also where Robert E. Lee walked up the steps to surrender to the Union. There are unknown graves where just a # is on the stones, some of the graves go back to the revolutionary war, there is so much history, slave history, brick buildings where union soilders were held prisoner, so much

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do have a high school history teacher that said he shows his students some of the videos. I used to live in Virginia so I've been out where you are. It's 23 years though and I would love to go back. Virginia has a lot of great history! I feel like I only saw some of it. Thanks for subscribing and watching.

[@markvines7308]

Love the beard! Oh, great content too👍

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks Mark! I appreciate you watching!

[@bonniekaye]

*Awesome video!* They were from my state! 😮 *Safe travels to you and your family!*

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Bonnie! There are a lot of outlaws and lawmen from Missouri.

[@sherrybailey7985]

I cant stop watching your video's

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you're enjoying them. I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment.

[@stephenwilliams7131]

Love your cemetery videos. I find all cemetery videos interesting I want to try one day to get over to the USA and walk through the Bonadventure cemetery in Savannah mainly to visit the grace of Gracie Watson

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching. I'm sorry for the late response but I never received a notice on your comment so I just no noticed it while responding to another.

[@nancyparrish3297]

Awesome job !!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Nancy!

[@blorac9869]

Just keep doing what you enjoy, because others do too! Never uninteresting! FYI: John Selsman killed John Wesley Hardin and they are are buried next to each other in El Paso. TYVM!

[@RhettyforHistory]

That's interesting. I didn't realize they were right next to each other. At some point I will go down there and do a story on them. Thanks for watching!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

Great video

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Kirk!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

You're most welcome I'm sure

[@SoCalUrbex74]

01:06, Doctors would prescribe Opiates to Union Soldiers as the pain killers not knowing its cause-in-effect. I’m sure Confederate Soldiers received the same.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes, you're correct. The medical community has changed dramatically since then.

[@carvinlambert6899]

Thank you, sure enjoyed it! looking forward to your next one my Friend. oh. btw... Do you know if an event is held in Oklahoma every year to Commemorate The Trail Of Tears Ancesters? mine were Cherokee Lamberts, from N.C. thanks

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm sorry I didn't see your comment until just now. I'm not sure of they do a celebration like that or not. If they do my guess would be in Ft. Smith or Tahlequah.

[@ohmeowzer1]

Thank you loved it

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Beth!

[@brianquilty687]

That was very interesting and entertaining.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Brian! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@graveexplorations]

I watched "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" just this weekend, and the some of the events you spoke of are in that movie. Another fantastic video... you are the best! Wishing you and yours a very Happy July 4th!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching as well as the kind words. I haven't seen that but it definitely seems like something I would like. I like the title though. It makes me think of the folk song/ballad of Jesse James. In it states the words "the coward who shot Mr. Howard. That was one of his alias'. I hope you're having a Happy Fourth as well!

[@graveexplorations]

It's a good movie, well acted and looks very authentic to the time period. However, even though it's technically a western, it's also not a western, the pace and the mood of the movie is something else entirely.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm definitely going to check it out. Thanks for letting me know about it!

[@laurab1089]

Crazy isn't it that the more things change, the more they stay the same..

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Howdy sir, great information about these Missourians. Belle Starr, the bandit queen outlaw is from Missouri as well. She fancied Frank James. Also, Cole Younger, of the James and Yonger gang, is buried in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Just sayin'.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I have done a video on the Youngers but it was a couple years ago. I do plan on doing one on Belle Starr. Thank you for watching!

[@pakerman3d]

I also watched that movie about Jesse James and Robert Ford some years ago, so nice to get this continuing story... Maybe Oklahoma should build a wall to prevent all these violent outlaw Missourians entering the state?

[@RhettyforHistory]

Påkerman 3D I haven't seen that movie but I need to.

[@heathereidson9801]

Your videos are sure interesting all those outlaws lead themselves such crazy lives, makes you wonder why lol.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Heather. I suppose they were just looking for the easy way out. I feel like some still do that today.

[@debbiegipson905]

O'Kelley has a gravestone at a cemetery in Patton Mo.

[@AViewFromTheMiddle]

Pretty interesting. Odd how a police officer from Oklahoma City has a connection to Jesse James like that. The officer and O'Kelley being in the same cemetery reminds me of Billy the Kids grave. He is buried about 100 feet from someone he shot and killed in New Mexico.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That's one that I want to check out. Billy is on my gravesite bucket list.

[@richardhill8797]

Haven't I seen u in a music video with another bearded guy and an old ford coupe hotrod? Rich

[@missourihomesteader1611]

Interesting how they are buried in the same cemetery

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes I thought the same thing. I'm sure the officer didn't plan that.

[@richardhill8797]

Funny is it not, for good or bad we all wind up equal and in the same place.Rich

[@ravensbrood3544]

Noticed they misspelled Jesse on O'Kelley's tombstone, the mason spelled it "Jessie' which is the female version. 🤔

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes they did misspell it and you're right about that being the female version.

[@oklahomarebel3684]

There is a Confederate Monument in that cemetery and Confederates are buried all around it. Behind the Monument and the Confederates lyes the Yankee Soldiers

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yeah and beside that monument is a cannon where a local historian made a discovery. A few years back he noticed it was still loaded with a cannon ball.

[@oklahomarebel3684]

RhettyforFun nice

[@austindouglas268]

Edward capeheart okelley was my great great uncle.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oh wow! Interesting relative!

[@anniebb5116]

Mine, too! Ed has a memorial tombstone in Patton, Mo.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes and it's a nice looking memorial as well.

[@anniebb5116]

His brothers weren't a whole lot better.

[@billisaac7488]

I looked up Burnett in find a grave and it said no find how do you find it

[@RhettyforHistory]

You can't find it on findagrave?

[@staceyrees353]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Stacey!

[@seerstone3414]

Wonder why someone hasn't marked Burnetts grave " The man who killed -the man who killed -the man who killed -Jesse James "?

[@RhettyforHistory]

They have marked it and I did a video on him a couple years ago.

[@patojake]

Uncle Ed was considered a shameful blot on our family’s past by my older relatives. While my father and all subsequent generations have always recounted this story with pride my aunts and grandmothers would shun discussion of him, even leaving his name out of a book on O’Kelley family history published un the sixties. Great story, the O’Kelleys are a bunch of irascible, taciturn frontier types who will put up a fight over who knows what until the bitter end. God bless

[@RhettyforHistory]

Even though it may be considered a blot it is still history. Every family has something somewhere. Thank you for watching and sharing a little more about the family.

[@Itzz_mariambabezz]

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[@janisoconnor6881]

If his grave was unmarked are they sure they got the right place.

[@RhettyforHistory]

According to the records they had yes but you never know. There are several in the cemetery like this. Some were very historic graves too. Thank you for watching Janis!

[@Magic19262000]

Correction. It was not 1892 but 1882, April 3rd. Sorry!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes I have that correction in the comment that is pinned at the top.

[@anthonystike6034]

Edward sounds like he was an Outlaw want to be.

[@RhettyforHistory]

He was about like Ford himself but possibly more of an outlaw. Thank you for watching!

[@Stevecurtis2112]

Go to tombstone Arizonas boothill Graveyard and tombstone cemetery

[@RhettyforHistory]

It's one of my filming bucket lists and it will happen eventually. There are so many outlaws to go see and I plan on getting them all.

[@alanstackhouse2939]

No one..Frank J Dalton lived to 103!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I have done a video on him.

[@larryrobinson6914]

Ed O'Kelly

[@TheRetirednavy92]

Bob Ford got off easy.

[@ringokidd387]

Jesse James Died of Old Age.....

[@larry1824]

Ed okelly

[@bthompson1767]

Ford maybe

[@RhettyforHistory]

You'll have to watch to know I guess.