There, in a strange land, after a hand-to-hand struggle with poverty during those earlier years, Mrs. Weber died during childbirth, bringing Louise the youngest of her children, into the world.

Louise's siblings included: Elizabeth, Charlotte, Jacob, Minnie, Emma, John, Helena, Flora, and Gustave.

[2] She married Carl (or Charles) Markscheffel, a prosperous business man of large property on October 15, 1872.

[2] Markscheffel began her regular literary work around 1888, when continued misfortunes caused the husband's loss of fortune and bereft him of health and ambition.

Her leaders sparkled with bright comments upon things in general, with witty sayings, mingled with pathetic incidents, while underneath ran a current of kindly thought.