Cole Younger after having been injured in the Northfield, Minnesota raid.

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Thomas Coleman "Cole" Younger (1844-1916) – Cole was an outlaw and the leader of the James-Younger Gang. He was wounded and captured following the Northfield, Minnesota bank raid on September 7, 1876. After serving more than twenty years in prison, Cole was paroled in 1901 but was not allowed to leave the State of Minnesota. Cole, along with brother Jim sold tombstones and insurance in Minnesota. Cole received an official pardon in 1903 and returned home to Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Cole reunited with Frank James in a touring Wild West show for a time and also went on the lecture circuit preaching the evils of crime. Later, he was known as an elderly churchgoer in his hometown and died quietly in 1916. He is buried in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

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