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William Claude Bradford

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William Claude Bradford Veteran

Birth
Lonoke County, Arkansas, USA
Death
5 Feb 1926 (aged 40)
Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Lonoke, Lonoke County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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William Claude Bradford was a son of Henry Taylor Bradford and Martha Wilson Bradford of Prairie County, Arkansas, who married in 1866.

In 1903, Claude married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gresham of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where both attended Ouachita Baptist College. Lizzie was the daughter of W.W. Gresham and Euda Speakes Gresham of Arkadelphia.

Claude and Lizzie had three children, Martha Speakes Bradford and twins William Taylor Bradford and Kathryn Biscoe Bradford.

In civilian life, he was in the real estate and insurance business in Lonoke.

His military career included service as assistant adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard and an officer of the 142nd Field Artillery in World War I. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

While on a trip with his son, he died from Angina Pectoris with the contributing factor of Ptomaine Poisoning. According to S.E. Bradford and Arkansas Encyclopedia of History and Culture, he is buried in Lonoke County, Arkansas.

More details can be found in The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture at the following link: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=2990#
William Claude Bradford was a son of Henry Taylor Bradford and Martha Wilson Bradford of Prairie County, Arkansas, who married in 1866.

In 1903, Claude married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gresham of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where both attended Ouachita Baptist College. Lizzie was the daughter of W.W. Gresham and Euda Speakes Gresham of Arkadelphia.

Claude and Lizzie had three children, Martha Speakes Bradford and twins William Taylor Bradford and Kathryn Biscoe Bradford.

In civilian life, he was in the real estate and insurance business in Lonoke.

His military career included service as assistant adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard and an officer of the 142nd Field Artillery in World War I. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

While on a trip with his son, he died from Angina Pectoris with the contributing factor of Ptomaine Poisoning. According to S.E. Bradford and Arkansas Encyclopedia of History and Culture, he is buried in Lonoke County, Arkansas.

More details can be found in The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture at the following link: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=2990#


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