Stephenson, David Curtis, 1891-1966
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Name (Latin)
Stephenson, David Curtis, 1891-1966
Other forms of name
Stephenson, D. C. (David Curtis), 1891-1966
Date of birth
1891-08-21
Date of death
1966-06-28
Place of birth
Houston (Tex.)
Place of death
Jonesborough (Tenn.)
Field of activity
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Occupation
Criminals
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- D.C. Stephenson, Irvington 0492, c1989:t.p. (D.C. Stephenson) p. 4, etc. (David Curtis Stephenson) p. 306 (b. 8/21/1891; d. 6/28/66)
- NUCMC data from Indiana State Library for His Papers, 1925-1933(Stephenson, David Curtis, 1891-1966; leader of Ind. Ku Klux Klan, 1922-1925; served prison term for murder, 1925-1956)
- Egan, Timothy. A fever in the heartland, 2023:subj. (David C. Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the largest realm of the Ku Klux Klan)
- David Curtis "Steve" Stephenson (August 21, 1891 (Houston, Texas) - June 28, 1966 (Jonesborough, Tennessee) was an American Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leader, convicted rapist and murderer : In 1923 he was appointed Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan and head of Klan recruiting for seven other states : Later that year, he led those groups to independence from the national KKK organization ; In Stephenson v. State (1925) Stephenson was tried for and convicted of the abduction, rape, and murder of Madge Oberholtzer, a state education official ( (Wikipedia viewed Apr. 13, 2023) )