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Descendants of Dr. Timen Stiddem, the first Stidham* in America, who immigrated from Sweden in the 17th century to New Sweden (Wilmington, Delaware).
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  • ID: I6618
  • Name: Emory Everett "Carbide" [3663] STIDHAM
  • Surname: Stidham
  • Given Name: Emory Everett "Carbide" [3663]
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1 Jun 1909 in Pound,Wise Co.,Virginia
  • Death: 8 May 1988 in Norton,Wise Co.,Virginia
  • Burial: Laurel Grove Cem,Norton,Wise Co.,Virginia
  • Reference Number: 3663
  • _UID: 22A8A9DDB781D811886F0020EDB23D99FD5D
  • Note:
    SOURCE: 1930 Wise Co., Virginia census (Lipps)--enumerated with father

    SOURCE: Earl C. Stidham of Kingsport, Tenn., telephone interviewed 10/12/1977.

    SOURCE: Sylvia I. Chonka of San Jacinto, Calif., Family Group Records dated 6 Dec 1995.

    OCCUPATION: railroad, laying tracks (1932-1936) and brakeman (1936-1943); mines - laying track; retired from the railorad

    6 ft. tall, dark hair

    MILITARY: 247th US Army Air Corps, Private 1st Class, 25 Jan 1943-13 Oct 1945. Entered the service on Feb 2 1943 at Abingdon VA. He was a Railway Brakeman living in Tacoma at the time of his induction. His military occupation was Duty Soldier, and he was classified a Carbine Sharpshooter. He served as Charge of Quarters for housing men and following set routines in arranging combat crews for briefings. Transferred on April 1, 1944 to the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater. He fought in the following battles: Rome-Arno, North Appennines, Po Valley, Southern France, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Air Offensive Europe and Air Combat Balkin. Returned to the U.S. May 15 1945 and was discharged Oct 13 1945 at Patterson Field OH. He was awarded the following medals and ribbons: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon, World War II Silver Star,Good Conduct Metal, Distinguished Unit Badge, Hq. 15th Air Force, 9 Dec 1944. - SOURCE: "The Timen Stiddem Society Newsletter," Issue 19, Winter 2003 (source: Sylvia Irene Chonka); Wise County Historical Society, Wise County, Virginia's World War II Veterans - A Tribute. 1995.

    MILITARY: 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)

    RES: Norton, VA

    PHOTOGRAPHS
  • Change Date: 29 Mar 2004 at 01:00:00



    Father: Hezekiah "Carl" STIDHAM [1731] b: 16 Nov 1875 in ,Wise Co.,Virginia
    Mother: Susan Catherine WILLIAMS b: Nov 1876 in ,Wise Co.,Virginia

    Marriage 1 Helen Bernice BALES b: 28 May 1901 in Wichita,Sedgwick Co.,Kansas
    • Divorced: Y
    • Married: 30 Oct 1945 in Kansas City,,Missouri
    Children
    1. Has Children Living STIDHAM

    Marriage 2 Nannie COLLINS
    • Married: ABT 1980
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