SOURCE: Grant Stidham of Bellevue, Kentucky, letter to OEJS dated 19 Apr 1998.

OCCUPATION: private investigator; owns private securitry firm

BIRTH=25 Feb 1938: Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 (Ancestry-com)--mother Mae Riley. Name listed as William R. Stidam.

BIRTH=25 Feb 1937, Whitley Co., Kentucky: Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 (Ancestry-com). Listed as William R. Stidham.

DEATH: SOURCE: Obituary for William Riley Stidham, The Kentucky Post, Covington, KY, February 27, 2003

OBITUARY: William Riley Stidham was a devoted family man and private detective who reveled in reuniting adopted children with their biological parents. "Finding people's parents, that was his favorite," said Mr. Stidham's wife, Linda Stidham. "He loved 'biologicals.' He found probably close to 50 people." Mr. Stidham, of Parkview Heights, Ohio, formerly of Covington, died Tuesday afternoon (Feb 25, 2003) at his home. He was 66. Mr. Stidham, born in Corbin and reared in Cincinnati, was a private detective for 40 years. For about 25 of those years, he had his own business, Tri-State Detective Agency in Dayton. Mr. Stidham worked as a detective in Las ... (The Kentucky Post, Covington, KY, February 27, 2003)

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