Early Memories of Saugatuck, Michigan : 1830-1930
Author: Heath, May Francis
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids, Mich: 1930

WILLARD S. GILL

In 1870 Willard S. Gill, his wife and four children came from Massachusetts to Michigan and settled on the farm south of Douglas known as the R. M. Moore farm, Mrs. Moore being a sister of Mr. Gill. The children were George, Charles, Sarah and Warren; Charles and Sarah. Mrs. Frank Kirby, being the only survivors.

Mr. Gill spent the remainder of his life in Douglas, interested in all the town's activities, his time being spent in farming and carpentering. He was a charter member of Dutcher Lodge F. & A. M. from which he had been granted a life membership.

Mrs. Gill was taken in death in 1903 and Mr. Gill in 1918 having rounded out ninety years of life, in which he was a man of exemplary habits and refinement.