Stephen S. Gregory was born in
Unadilla, New York on November 16, 1849. He is the brother of Charles Noble Gregory, himself a distinguished writer on legal subjects. His family moved to
Madison, Wisconsin in 1858. He was educated at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving an
A.B. in 1870, an
LL.B. in 1871, and an
A.M. in 1873. Gregory began the
practice of law in Madison, before moving to
Chicago in 1874. After this effort failed, Gregory visited with Prendergast at the
Cook County Jail five minutes prior to his execution and was allowed to shake his client's hand one last time and exchange a few last words with him. Gregory served as president of the
Chicago Bar Association in 1900, of the
Illinois State Bar Association in 1904, and of the
American Bar Association in 1911. Gregory died at his home in Chicago on October 24, 1920. ==References==