Who Were The Other Members Of Bonnie And Clyde's Infamous Barrow Gang?

Marvin “Buck” Barrow was the elder brother of his more infamous brother Clyde, and he was no stranger to a life of crime. Before joining with family in the Barrow Gang, Buck had a rap sheet that included burglary and auto theft (per All That’s Interesting). Buck was in prison for a robbery charge when his brother and Parker assembled their gang of robbers and murderers. He was released in 1933 and he and his wife Blanche joined up with Barrow in Joplin, Missouri. Within weeks, Buck was participating in robberies with Clyde and company. Their crimes reached new heights in this small southwestern Missouri community when they shot and killed two police officers during a raid.

Buck didn’t last long with his brother’s gang. He was shot in the head during a nighttime raid by police outside of Platte City, Missouri. Though severely wounded and losing a lot of blood, he survived his injury long enough to be shot six more times during another police raid in Dexter, Iowa, four days later. Blanche was also wounded in the shootout and lived. 

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Buck would be taken to a hospital, where he would later die from pneumonia. Blanche was tried for various crimes and sent to prison, where she served six years before her 1939 release. She died from cancer in 1988.

Barrow’s brother and sister-in-law weren’t the only accomplices to the gang. Joining the group at various points during their two-year life on the run were W.D. Jones, Ralph Fults, Joe Palmer, Henry Methvin, and Raymond Hamilton.