Background
Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas was born on December 17, 1884 in Pendleton, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Henry and Susan Anna (Fleetwood) Stephenson.
Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas was born on December 17, 1884 in Pendleton, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Henry and Susan Anna (Fleetwood) Stephenson.
Graduate Severn (North Carolina) High School, 1899. Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1902, Master of Arts, 1904. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1906, Bachelor of Laws, 1910.
Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1910 and practiced at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1910-1919. Member firm Hastings, Stephenson and Whicker, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1916-1919. Successively secretary, assistant trust officer, associate trust officer, vice president Wachovia Bank & Trust Company of North Carolina, 1919-1929.
Vice president in charge trust department, Equitable Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1929-1936, director, 1929-1951.
Member of faculty Graduate School of Banking, American Bankers assosiation, New York, 1935-1972, director trust research department, 1937-1951. Member firm T.B. Stephenson & Sons, farmers, Pendleton, North Carolina, 1914-1972.
Director Planters National Bank & Trust Company, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Lecturer law school Wake Forest College, 1951-1972.
President trust division American Bankers Association, 1930-1931.
Democratic.
The two greatest commandments are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your entire mind" and to "love your neighbor as yourself."
Clubs: Quill and Grill.
Married Grace Morris White, December 19, 1912. Children: Thomas Wilson, James Henry.