Brief Life History of Samuel Henry
When Samuel Henry Stidham was born on 20 October 1858, in Wise, Virginia, United States, his father, James Dykes Stidham, was 30 and his mother, Alpha Creech, was 30. He married Nancy Jane Baker on 27 October 1877, in Jackson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 3 Pond Creek, Jackson, Kentucky, United States in 1880.
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- Henry Steadam, "United States Census, 1880"
- Samuel H Stidham, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Sam'L. H. Stedham, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Americanized form, via Stedham , of an unidentified Scandinavian or perhaps Dutch surname recorded in DE in the 17th century as Stiddem. Possible Dutch source is Van Stedum, a habitational name from Stedum, a village near Loppersum in the province of Groningen, named with plural dative from stad, denoting a place or country estate (with specific rights). Compare Stidam .
Possibly also an altered form of English Stedham .
History: The progenitor of (the majority of) the Stidhams was Timon Stidham, the pioneer physician in New Sweden (today DE), who arrived from Sweden in 1638 for the first time, and again in 1654, when he settled in Fort Christina (later Willmington, DE). His original surname was recorded as Stiddem, the form not found in Scandinavia or elsewhere in Europe.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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