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Portrait and biographical record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago - 1893

Page 125-126

    W. EDSON STICKNEY, who is engineer and machinist of the Hachley (sic)
and Hume Lumber Mills, of Muskegon, was born in Painesville, Ohio,
January 16, 1842, and is a son of CHARLES W. STICKNEY, a native of
Vermont, who became one of the early settlers of Lake County, Ohio,
where he located in 1816.  The mother of our subject was in her 
maidenhood NANCY E. BALLARD.  She was born in Connecticut, and was
a daughter of JAMES BALLARD, one of the honored pioneers of Lake
County, Ohio.

    In his native city, EDSON STICKNEY was reared to manhood, and
in its common schools he acquired a good education.  When a young
man of twenty years he offered his services to the Government,
donning the blue in 1862 as a member of Company D, One Hundred and
Fifth Ohio Infantry.  The regiment was commanded by Col. HALL, and
as assigned to the Army of the Cumberland.  He participated in many
important battles, including the engagements at Perryville, Chicka-
mauga, and Mission Ridge and was in the Atlanta campaign.  He then
went with SHERMAN on the memorable march to the sea and through the
Carolinas.  After about three years of faithful service, during
which he was always found at his post of duty, he was mustered out
at Washington, D.C., in June, 1865. 

    The honored soldier then returned to his home in Painesville,
Ohio, where he remained until the spring of 1868, when he went to
Newaygo County, Mich., and settled in Bridgeton, where he established
a small shingle mill, which he carried on for two years.  On the
expiration of that time we find him in the city of Muskegon, where
he has since made his home.  He now holds a good position as engineer
in the machinery department of the Hachley (sic) and Hume Mills.  In
politics, he is a supporter of Republican principles.  He is a charter
member of Muskegon Lodge No. 133, A. O. U. W., and a charter member
of the Modern Woodmen Camp of Muskegon.

    Mr. STICKNEY has been twice married.  In 1874 he was united in
marriage with Miss ELMIRA M. GRAVES, who died in 1876.  In 1883, he
was again married, Miss MINNIE C. ARMSTRONG, a native of Van Wert,
Ohio, and a daughter of SIDNEY J. ARMSTRONG, becoming his wife.
Their union has been blessed by a son and daughter, CLARENCE B.
and ETHEL MAY, who are the light and life of the parents' home.
The family resides at No. 118 West Muskegon Avenue.  Mr. STICKNEY
keeps up his army acquaintance through his membership with PHIL
KEARNEY Post No. 7, G. A. R.  He was one of the valiant soldiers
to whom the country owes her safety and in a large degree her
present prosperity.  For three years he was at the front, much of
the time under fire and always ready to aid in the defense of the
Old Flag which now floats so proudly over the united Nation.
      
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