Fred Bankhead (1912 - 1972)

Born 23 Nov 1912 in Empire, Walker, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Dec 1972 at age 60 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Fred Bankhead is a part of US Black heritage.

Fred Bankhead was a second baseman in the 1930's and 40's in the American Negro League. He debuted with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1937 and ended his career with the New York Black Yankees in 1948. Four of his brothers - Sam, Joe, Garnett and Dan also played in the Negro League with Dan becoming the first Afro-American pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Fred was the second son born the Garnet and Ara Armstrong Bankhead. Garnet was a coal miner and Ara was a homemaker.

Fred married Emma, according to the 1940 US Census.

Fred died in December, 1972.

Sources

• Wikipedia-

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Bankhead

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXDT-K7M : 31 January 2021), Fred Bankhead in entry for Gault Bankhead, 1920.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3GNB-FPZ : accessed 23 April 2022), Fred Bankhead, Election Precinct 16 Dorris (Empire), Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4CQ-CJH : 11 January 2021), Fred Bankhead, Civil District 2, Shelby, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98-48, sheet 1B, line 45, family 16, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3961.

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3H4-PZK : 10 January 2021), Fred Bankhead, Dec 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).