Thelven Crenshaw ("Babe"), born November 19th, 1902 in Fort Smith, AR1
was a Negro baseball player from about 1929-1931.
Biography
Crenshaw was the son of Arthur Crenshaw and Ada (nee Wheeler) Crenshaw and grew up in Fort Smith, AR.2
Crenshaw played with the Tulsa Black Oilers in 1929 and 1931.3
Crenshaw died in January 1955 and was buried in Oak Cemetery in Fort Smith, AR.4 5
Biography
Crenshaw was the son of Arthur Crenshaw and Ada (nee Wheeler) Crenshaw and grew up in Fort Smith, AR.2
Crenshaw played with the Tulsa Black Oilers in 1929 and 1931.3
Crenshaw died in January 1955 and was buried in Oak Cemetery in Fort Smith, AR.4 5
1
Crenshaw's WWII draft card.
3
Tulsa World, 3/22/1931; Kansas City Call, 3/20/1931
4
"Arkansas, Sebastian County Births and Deaths, 1877-1963", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZCH-7ZX : Sat Mar 09 12:31:18 UTC 2024), Entry for Thilwen Crenshaw, 1955.
5
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256213745/trelvin-crenshaw: accessed October 19, 2024), memorial page for Trelvin Crenshaw (unknown–1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 256213745, citing Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Denise Ann Carpenter Gregory Macy (contributor 47115539).