Together with his brothers Charles Walter and Leonidas Udolpho, he purchased a hardware store in Paragould, Arkansas in 1905 and named it Stedman Hardware Company until they sold it in 1944
He was also assistant cashier for the National Bank of Commerce for 25 years and served as county treasurer.
He married Holland Dover nèe Wilcockson in 1933 in Craighead County, Arkansas. She brought two children from a previous marriage.
He passed away in 1951 in Paragould and was buried in Linwood Cemetery.
William Telfair Stedman in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Ancestry Record 60901 #5973984
William Telfair Stedman in the Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969, Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1951; Roll: 2, Ancestry Record 61777 #625293
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57V-N65Y : Fri Oct 20 10:06:35 UTC 2023), Entry for William Telfair Stedman and William H Or Shorty Camp, 14 Jun 1951.
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53H-LQTT : Fri Oct 20 10:31:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Judson Abner Dyens and Charles G Stanton, 14 Jun 1951.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44981649/william-telfair-stedman: accessed 18 January 2024), memorial page for William Telfair Stedman (1 Nov 1872–13 Jun 1951), Find A Grave: Memorial #44981649, citing Linwood Cemetery, Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by JKHCCD (contributor 47565933).
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