Her ancestors served in the American Revolution, and her grandfather, Josiah Philips, was called out by President George Washington to aid in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion.
[2] Stille's education was begun in Pine Hall Seminary, in the borough, and was continued in Lewisburg Institute, now Bucknell University.
[2] She possessed a natural ability and special liking for journalism, but her home responsibilities prevented her from devoting her time solely to that profession.
[2] Her writing included poetry and prose, much of it tributes to friends, as well as articles for the local press, which were largely copied.
[1] Following a stroke, Mary Ingram Stille at the Chester County Hospital (now University of Pennsylvania Health System) on November 4, 1935.