Dr. Andras Babero was a world renown entertainer and businessman. He and his family were noted as one of the most prominent acts in the Americas and in Europe from the early 1900s through the 1940s. He was the first Appointed Grand Lodge Officer from Cornerstone Lodge - Special District Deputy Grand Master to Liberia. He was also the first to seek elective Grand Lodge Office. He made a valiant effort for the Office of Grand Lecturer but lost to Obed Vanderburg in the mid-1920s. He also held leadership roles in multiple Concordant Bodies and founded the sister Court and Chapter of the Lodge - Cornerstone Court #49 Heroines of Jericho (1924) and Prince Syene Chapter #114 Order of the Eastern Star (1925).

James Zinn was the only member to serve as Worshipful Master of Cornerstone Lodge for four terms. As a civic soldier and owner of Zinn's grocery store he served thousands in the Chatham community. This same sense of dedication transferred well into the Masonic Ranks which earned him appointment as Grand Tyler for the Grand Lodge during numerous terms in the 1940s.

James A. Henson was the first to become a Grand Master of a Prince Hall Affiliated Grand Lodge. He served the Grand Lodge of Illinois as President of the St. Johns Day Committee in 1940 while serving his second term as Worshipful Master of Cornerstone Lodge. He was appointed a District Deputy Grand Master for the First District shortly thereafter by Grand Master John C. Ellis, became an active member of the Past Masters Council of the First District and served as Associate Editor of the Past Masters Topics periodical which later evolved into the Prince Hall Masonic Journal. After moving to the State of Michigan in the late 1940s, he became a member of Granite Lodge #11 of Cassopolis, Michigan under the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Michigan. After serving as Worshipful Master of Granite Lodge in 1951 and 1952, he was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the Fourth District in 1953, reorganizing the District by 1954. The result of his service was his eventual elevation to the Office of Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan in 1962-63. He was posthumously honored as an Honorary Past Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois in 2012.

William Fallis was appointed the first editor of the Prince Hall Masonic Journal from Cornerstone Lodge.

Reverend Dr. Cartha McKenzie became the namesake of Chicago's West 66th Street for his services to the community as the founder and Pastor of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church.

Daryl L. Andrews and Sean Queen become the first Elected Grand Lodge Financial Officers from the same Lodge to serve as Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois from 2013 to 2016. Andrews is the only Prince Hall Mason in the history of the Grand Lodge to have served as Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and Grand Auditor.

Charles Holiday Jr. became the fourth member to become an Elected Grand Lodge Officers of  the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois.