His siblings included Hiland Orlando Stickney, a notable college football player and coach.

He went on to study law in the office of William H. Walker, was admitted to the bar in 1878 and practiced in Ludlow as the partner of John G. Sargent.

After her death on March 29, 1903, he married Sarah Effie Moore in Sarasota, Florida, on June 1, 1905.

After serving the one term permitted under the Republican Party's Mountain Rule, he returned to his law practice and banking and insurance interests.

"[10] Stickney died in Sarasota, Florida, and was interred at Pleasant View Cemetery[11] in Ludlow, Vermont.