Ruth McEnery Stuart

Ruth McEnery Stuart (1849–1917) was an American author.

Early life and marriage She was born Mary Routh McEnery Stuart, child of James and Mary Routh (Stirling) McEnery in Marksville, Louisiana.

She was the first cousin of John McEnery, who claimed to have been elected governor of Louisiana in 1872 — massive voter fraud on his behalf led to his "win" being thrown out — and Samuel D. McEnery, who served as Louisiana governor from 1881 to 1888 and as a U.S. senator from 1897 to 1910. A Golden Wedding and Other Tales (1893) (Her first collection) The Story of Babette (1894) Carlotta's Intended and Other Tales (1894) Sonny: A Christmas Guest (1896) (Her most popular work) Solomon Crowe's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales (1896) Gobolinks; or Shadow Pictures for Young and Old Collaborated with Albert Bigelow Paine) (1896) From the Collections at the Library of Congress The Snow-Cap Sisters; a Farce (1897) In Simpkinsville; Character Tales (1897) Moriah's Mourning and other half-hour sketches (1898) The Second Wooing of Salina Sue and Other Stories (1898) Holly and Pizen, and other stories (1899) Napoleon Jackson, the Gentleman of the Plush Rocker (1902) George Washington Jones, a Christmas gift that went a-begging (1903) The River's Children: an Idyll of the Mississippi (1904) Aunt Amity's Silver Wedding, and Other Stories (1909) Sonny's Father (1910) (Sequel) The Unlived Life of Little Mary Ellen (1910) The haunted photograph, whence and whither, a case in diplomacy, the afterglow (1911) Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles (1913) The Cocoon; a Rest-Cure Comedy (1915) (Last novel) Plantation Songs and Other Verse (1916) (Last work)