When Fred Gordon Thompkins was born on 1 January 1900, in Alabama, United States, his father, John W Thompkins, was 42 and his mother, Clematine Thompkins, was 34. He lived in Orion, Pike, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 4 Cross Roads, Pike, Alabama, United States in 1920. He died on 10 October 1974, in Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Troy, Pike, Alabama, United States.