Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens

Based on available catalog and archival records, Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens was an American writer active in California in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He is credited as the author of The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens, a genealogy first written in Los Angeles in 1892 and later printed with additions in 1910.

Archival records also connect him to The Gold Fields of Lower California (1889), a guidebook published in Los Angeles. A memorial record describes him as a journalist who wrote several books about Southern California, which fits the mix of regional and historical subjects associated with his name.

Reliable biographical details about his personal life are scarce in the sources readily available online, so much of his background remains unclear. What does stand out is his role as a compiler of history: his surviving books reflect a practical, documentary style aimed at preserving places, people, and family lines for future readers.