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Elizabeth <I>Gresham</I> Bradford

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Elizabeth Gresham Bradford

Birth
Death
24 Dec 1964 (aged 81)
Burial
Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 3
Memorial ID
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Wife of William Claude Bradford.

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gresham was the elder of two children born to William Wadley Gresham, and his wife, Eudocia Almeda Speakes. Will Gresham was a merchant and owner/founder of the W.W. Gresham Mercantile Co. and the Gresham Opera House in downtown Arkadelphia, as well as a store in Benoit, Mississippi.

Both Lizzie and her sister, Beulah, were born in the family home on Caddo Street. The girls were educated in Arkadelphia, including at Ouachita Baptist College, where both majored in music.

Lizzie was married in 1903 to William Claude Bradford (born 1885; died 1926; buried in Lonoke, Arkansas). Their children were Martha Speakes and twins Kathryn Biscoe and William Taylor.

Information on William Claude Bradford can be found at the following link:
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2990
Wife of William Claude Bradford.

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gresham was the elder of two children born to William Wadley Gresham, and his wife, Eudocia Almeda Speakes. Will Gresham was a merchant and owner/founder of the W.W. Gresham Mercantile Co. and the Gresham Opera House in downtown Arkadelphia, as well as a store in Benoit, Mississippi.

Both Lizzie and her sister, Beulah, were born in the family home on Caddo Street. The girls were educated in Arkadelphia, including at Ouachita Baptist College, where both majored in music.

Lizzie was married in 1903 to William Claude Bradford (born 1885; died 1926; buried in Lonoke, Arkansas). Their children were Martha Speakes and twins Kathryn Biscoe and William Taylor.

Information on William Claude Bradford can be found at the following link:
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2990


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  • Maintained by: M. Smith
  • Originally Created by: Pat Hall
  • Added: Oct 21, 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6864687/elizabeth-bradford: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Gresham Bradford (31 May 1883–24 Dec 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6864687, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by M. Smith (contributor 47154446).