Born in Apalachicola, Florida, the only daughter of Richard Gibbs Porter and Mary Salter Tibbits. She was married in 1884 to George Henry Ruge.

Their six children were: John Herman, Christine Margaretha, Ernst Heinrich, Edwin Gardner Weed, Mary Pepperrell, and Olive Fenno Ruge.

Portrait/cabinet card - Fredricks, New York

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