SOURCE: 1930 Lewis Co., Kentucky census (District 5)--enumerated with father

SOURCE: Lona Ward Gibson, Bradenton, Florida.

SOURCE: Directory of Births and Deaths Registered in Kentucky. The Board of Health of Kentucky, 1944. (Lists mother as Rosa Stidam)

BIRTH: Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 (Ancestry-com)--mother Rosa Stidam.

BIRTH=8 Sep 1917: social Security Death Index

DEATH: Social Security Death Index (Rootsweb.com)

DEATH-BURIAL: Obituary for Arthur Franklin "Ott" Stidam, The Ledger Independent, Maysville, Kentucky, 14 Feb 2006.

OCCUPATION: farmer and truck driver

RES: 2000, Petersville (Wallingsford), Kentucky; 2006, Wallingsford, Kentucky

MILITARY: World War II, US Army - ref. obit

MILITARY: US Army, World War II, Private. Enlisted 11 Jun 1942, Huntington, West Virginia. At time of enlistment: Residing in Lewis Co., Kentucky. Married. Education: frammar school. Civil occupation: georgrapher (farmer?). Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. (from Ancestry.com)

MILITARY: TEC5, US Army, World War II - ref. National Cemetery Administration. "Burial & Memorial Benenfits." "Nationwide Gravesite Locator." (http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov).

OBITUARY: Arthur Franklin "Ott" Stidam, 88, of Wallingford passed away Monday Feb. 13, 2006. Mr. Stidam was a retired farmer and truck driver. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II. He was born in Lewis County on Sept. 8, 1917. His parents were the late William and Rose Stidam. Mr. Stidam is survived by his wife of 64 years, Goldie Jewell Howell Stidam of Wallingford; one daughter, Angela (Bill) Compton of Wallingford; one son, Marvin (Charlotte) Stidam of Connersville, Ind.; two sisters, Nora Hester of Fleming County and Lois McRoberts of Flemingsburg. Also survived by six grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Flora Hensley Dunaway; a brother, Dick Stidam and an infant son and daughter. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Boone-Nickell Funeral Home with Pastor Herbie Stallard and Brother Jim Porter officiating. Burial in the Esham Cemetery in Lewis County with military rites conducted by the American Legion Post and the V.F.W. Post of Flemingsburg. (The Ledger Independent, Maysville, Kentucky, 14 Feb 2006.)

1. Living STIDAM
2. Living STIDAM
3. Angles M. [6576] STIDAM b: 24 May 1948 in Lewis Co.,Kentucky
4. Joyce Ann [6577] STIDAM b: 6 Nov 1950 in Lewis Co.,Kentucky