Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Stickney i te 10 o Tihema 1867 i Pepperell, Massachusetts, a i puta ia i te United States Naval Academy i te 1888. I mahi ia i runga i te waka i te Pakanga Paniora-Amerika, i runga i te waka i te
Philippine-American War, a ka whakahau i te United States mahi o Veracruz i roto i 1914.