Winnifred P. Stone, the daughter of John P. and Amy Phillips Stone, was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin on July 21, 1878. She attended the public schools of Reedsburg and graduated from Reedsburg High School in 1896 and from Whitewater State Teachers College in 1899. In 1901, she married Norman T. Gill, later president of the Bank of Madison. When Mrs. Gill died on April 7, 1941, she was survived by her husband and two sons, John K. Gill and Charles H. Gill.
In 1905, Mrs. Gill joined the Daughters of the American Revolution and served as an active member and officer in both the Reedsburg and Madison chapters. She was the founder and first president of the Wisconsin Genealogical Society in 1939 and served as associate editor of Wisconsin Families Magazine. Mrs. Gill conducted a genealogical column in the Sunday edition of the Wisconsin State Journal from 1935 to 1940.
