Storey (Moorfield) is born in Roxbury.

Moorfield Storey graduates from Roxbury Latin School, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School, and works initially as an aide to U.S. Sen. Charles Sumner in Washington. Returning to Boston, he practices law, is elected president of the American Bar Association in 1896, and moves to 24 Fenway. Described by M.A. DeWolfe Howe as “[A] partisan of ideas,” Storey becomes involved in the anti-imperialism and civil rights movements, is elected the first president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909,* publishes widely, and wins several important cases before the Supreme Court. He dies in Lincoln on October 24, 1929.