Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr (February 5, 1848â€" February 3,
1889), better known as Belle Starr, was an American outlaw who gained
national notoriety after her violent death.She associated with the
Jamesâ€"Younger Gang and other outlaws. She was convicted of horse
theft in 1883. She was fatally shot in 1889 in a case that is still
officially unsolved. Her story was popularized by Richard K. Fox â€"
editor and publisher of the National Police Gazette â€" and she later
became a popular character in television and films.Belle Starr was
born Myra Maybelle Shirley on her father's farm near Carthage,
Missouri, on February 5, 1848. Most of her family members called her
May. Her father, John Shirley, prospered raising wheat, corn, hogs and
horses, though he was considered to be the "black sheep" of a
well-to-do Virginia family which had moved west to Indiana, where he
married and divorced twice. Her mother, Elizabeth "Eliza" Hatfield
Shirley, was John Shirley's third wife and a distant relative to the
Hatfields of the famous family feud. In the 1860s, Belle's father sold
the farm and moved the family to Carthage, where he bought a livery
stable and blacksmith shop on the town square. Belle Starr Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter