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Jesse was first buried on his parents homestead located east of Kearney, Missouri. His Mother still lived in the home. She wanted him buried there so she could watch over the grave. She was afraid that grave robbers would dig up his body and exhibit it at public fairs.
Following her death and while Frank James was still alive, the body was dug up and transferred to the cemetery in Kearney. Franks son continued living at the old James homestead. When Frank died his wife had his body cremated as she feared someone would dig it up and exhibit it. She had the ashes stored in a vault in a bank in St. Louis. When she died many years later she was buried in her family's cemetery, along with Frank's ashes, located near Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.