[2] On New Years Day 1892, Stone married Lillian A. Frazeur, daughter of Topeka merchant Walter Gillette Frazuer.
Together they had one child, a daughter, Lilian, who on January 1, 1916 married Beryl R. Johnson (September 14, 1892— July 29, 1981).
[4] In 1889, Stone was part of a group of young men who petitioned Phi Delta Theta to form a chapter at the college.
The school's president Norman Plass approached Stone with the idea and put him in charge of the project.
In September of that year the school officially opened in rented space at 118 SW 8th Street in downtown Topeka.
Among his more prominent cases was Troutman et al. v. The DeBoissiere Odd Fellows Orphans Home et al. decided by the Kansas Supreme Court in 1903, Doherty v. the Kansas City Star Company in a libel action, and American State Bank v. Walter E. Wilson, Bank Commissioner.
In his later years, Stone was best known for successfully representing the Prairie Band of the Potawatomi Tribe of Indians in a long-running legal action against the United States Government.
A biography of Stone prepared in 1918 characterized his impact in the Kansas House this way: "His seniority of service and experience give him high standing in legislative councils and have enabled him to render so much effective influence on behalf of progressive legislation.
"[11] After serving as minority leader, he was elected Speaker of the House in 1915 when the Republicans retook control of the body.
In August 1935, the New York Times reported on an open letter that the former Speaker had written to Kansas Senator Arthur Capper.
Stone did not question Capper's sincerity but thought that the senator had "unintentionally departed from Americanism and in fact endorsed socialism."
He was one of the charter members of Topeka Rotary, was its president from July 1915 to June 1916 followed by service as governor of the Eleventh District (Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma).