Jesse Cecil James

Jessie Cecil James, 83, was born February 19th, 1939 in Denver, Colorado. Parents, Fred and Ethel James lived on Beaver Creek, south of Riverside, but travelled to Denver for Jesse's birth. Jesse lived with grandparents on Beaver Creek Ranch during WWII while parents worked in defense plants in Tacoma, Washington.

Jesse started school in Encampment, Wyoming, in 1945 and when his parents returned, they moved to Denver to his Maternal grandparents' home.

In 1946, they moved back to Laramie where he graduated from Laramie High in 1957.

In 1958, Jesse married Dixie Helm in Fort Collins, Colorado....