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Eudocia Almeda “Euda” <I>Speakes</I> Gresham

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Eudocia Almeda “Euda” Speakes Gresham

Birth
Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas, USA
Death
1 Aug 1927 (aged 69)
Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 3
Memorial ID
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Wife of William Wadley Gresham.

Eudocia Almeda Speakes/Speaks "Euda" Gresham was the youngest child and only daughter of Samuel Speaks of Virginia and his wife, Martha Ann Anderson Speaks of Clark County, Arkansas. Her parents both died when she was a child.

Her two brothers, were Edwin T. "E.T." Speaks who became a Dr. and made his home in Greenville, Texas, and William Anderson "W.A." Speakes, who became a planter and settled near Benoit, Mississippi.

Euda married William Wadley "W.W." "Will" Gresham from Mississippi and they remained in Arkadelphia, settling in the family home (built by her father, a carpenter, in 1858) on Caddo Street.

Euda and Will had two daughters, Elizabeth "Lizzie," who married William Claude Bradford and lived in Little Rock, and Beulah, who married Steve Edwin Smith and remained in Arkadelphia. Lizzie and Beulah produced five grandchildren. The daughters were both born in the family home and grew up in Arkadelphia, attending Ouachita Baptist College (now Ouachita Baptist University) where both majored in music.

W.W. Gresham was a merchant and owner/founder of the W.W. Gresham Mercantile Co. and the Gresham Opera House in Arkadelphia, as well as a store in Benoit, Mississippi.
Wife of William Wadley Gresham.

Eudocia Almeda Speakes/Speaks "Euda" Gresham was the youngest child and only daughter of Samuel Speaks of Virginia and his wife, Martha Ann Anderson Speaks of Clark County, Arkansas. Her parents both died when she was a child.

Her two brothers, were Edwin T. "E.T." Speaks who became a Dr. and made his home in Greenville, Texas, and William Anderson "W.A." Speakes, who became a planter and settled near Benoit, Mississippi.

Euda married William Wadley "W.W." "Will" Gresham from Mississippi and they remained in Arkadelphia, settling in the family home (built by her father, a carpenter, in 1858) on Caddo Street.

Euda and Will had two daughters, Elizabeth "Lizzie," who married William Claude Bradford and lived in Little Rock, and Beulah, who married Steve Edwin Smith and remained in Arkadelphia. Lizzie and Beulah produced five grandchildren. The daughters were both born in the family home and grew up in Arkadelphia, attending Ouachita Baptist College (now Ouachita Baptist University) where both majored in music.

W.W. Gresham was a merchant and owner/founder of the W.W. Gresham Mercantile Co. and the Gresham Opera House in Arkadelphia, as well as a store in Benoit, Mississippi.


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  • Maintained by: M. Smith
  • Originally Created by: Pat Hall
  • Added: Oct 21, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6864699/eudocia_almeda-gresham: accessed ), memorial page for Eudocia Almeda “Euda” Speakes Gresham (28 Feb 1858–1 Aug 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6864699, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by M. Smith (contributor 47154446).