Mary Ingram Stille

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.