Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, Wisconsin, by The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891 page 197:

RULEF H. GILE, proprietor of the Wisconsin Leader, Merillon, Wisconsin, was born in Addison, New York, November 20, 1854, son of R. S. and A. E. Gile. His early education was received in the district schools of Pennsylvania. In 1866 he came to Wisconsin with his mother and located in Waushara County, where he remained for twelve years and for nine years worked in a printing office. He came to Jackson County and settled in Merillon in 1878. Here he became the proprietor of the Leader, and in this enterprise has been very successful, having established a large circulation. He was married, January 3, 1875, to Miss Charlotte I. Herrick, of Wautoma, Wisconsin. She was born in 1855, and was educated in the common schools of this State. Her parents were among the early pioneers of Wisconsin. Mr. Gile associates with the Masonic Order. Politically he is a Republican.