In 1902 he married Menor Minnie Butler, and they had one daughter, Helen.

[1] Stone engaged in the banking business at Jones, Oklahoma from 1894 to 1905 and as an oil operator at Norman and Oklahoma City in 1905.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Oklahoma in 1918 and for election to the United States Senate in 1926.

He resumed activities as an oil operator and also had interests in investments and real estate.

He was cremated and his ashes are interred at Rose Hill Burial Park in Oklahoma City.