Among his siblings was brother Thomas Waldo Story, also a well known sculptor, and sister, Edith Marion (née Story), Marchesa Peruzzi di Medici, the wife of Marquess Simone Peruzzi di Medici.

[2] During his stays in Rome, he became close with the Italian painter Antonio Mancini, who painted him twice.

Today, one of those portraits is in the Lukas Charles Collection[3] He was educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford University, England.

[4] In 1891, Story was married to the renowned American soprano Emma Eames, the daughter of an international lawyer.

Eames was born in Shanghai, China, and raised in Portland and Bath, Maine.