Background
Anderson, Ada Woodruff was born on July 4, 1860 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Samuel Corwithe and Martha Ruby (Crosby) Woodruff.
Anderson, Ada Woodruff was born on July 4, 1860 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Samuel Corwithe and Martha Ruby (Crosby) Woodruff.
Education public and private schools.
First short story won 2d prize, offered by San Francisco Chronicle for child’s Christmas story, 1878. Contributor for many years of fiction and articles to newspapers and magazines, stories based on life in Alaska or the Northwest.
Member Massachusetts Society Mayflower Descendants.
Married Oliver Phelps Anderson of Seattle, Washington, January 4, 1881.