Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was born on October 1, 1910 in Rowena, Texas. Her father Charles Parker died when she was only two years old. When he died they moved to Dallas, Texas to her grandparent’s house. Bonnie was one of the best students in her high school winning top prizes in spelling, writing, and public speaking. As an adult she did some poems like “The Story of Suicidal Sal” and “The Trails End”. In second year f High School she met Roy Thornton. They dropped out of school and were married on September 25, 1926, which was fourteen days before she turned 16. The marriage didn’t last so long because of his drug use and frequence absences that have to do with the law. After January 1929, they never saw each other again but they were never divorced. Bonnie still wore her ring every day, she died with it on. Then on January 5, 1930, Bonnie and Clyde met in a friend’s house and at first …show more content…
He was fifth of seven children. They migrated to Dallas in the early 1920s since the farm wasn’t doing very good progress. The family spent their first month in west Dallas living under their wagon. Finally their father earned enough money to buy a tent; it was major for the family. His first arrest was in late 1926, after running when a rental car he had failed to return on time. His second arrest, with his brother Marvin barrow, came soon after, this time for stolen turkeys. Despite having a lot of jobs during the period of 1927 through 1929, he also cracked safes, robbed stores, and stole. After many arrests in 1928 and 1929, he was sent to Eastham Prison Farm in April 1930. While in prison he beat to death another inmate who has repeatedly sexually assaulted him. That was Clyde’s first