Famous as the other half of the Bonnie and Clyde duo, Clyde Barrow was part of a gang of problematic outlaws who went on many sprees of robbery and counts of murder until their death.

An Unassuming Child was Born

Clyde Chestnut Barrow was born as the fifth of seven children on March 24, 1909, in Ellis County, Texas. His parents were Henry Basil Barrow and Cumie Talitha Barrow who were from poor origins. They relocated later to West Dallas in the early 1920s where the whole family lived off of a tent bought by the older Barrow.

The young Clyde Barrow was a keen and unlikely child who had dreams of becoming a musician and attended school until the age of 16. He learned how to play the saxophone and guitar in the pursuit of his goals but later dropped all of it due to the influence of his older brother, Buck.

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A Lifetime’s Worth of Crime

Clyde Barrow steadily pursued a life committed to crime starting with small ones to stealing of automobiles. His first recorded arrest was on 1926 when Barrow ran from a police confrontation in regards to a rental car that was not returned on time.

Ironically enough, Barrow and his brother had steady jobs to support themselves from 1927 to 1929 yet still turned to crime. Hence at the age of 20, Barrow had been a wanted fugitive for multiple cases of robbery in 1929.

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