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==Background==
==Background==
Ada Snell was born to a [[middle class]] [[Southern Baptist]] couple, Marshall H. Carver and the former Ada W. Jack. Her maternal grandfather, Colonel William H. Jack of Natchitoches, kept pheasants, eagles, and peacocks.<ref>Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, ''The Minden Cemetery: A Peaceful Resting Place,'' Self-published, June 2004, p. 38.</ref> Ada graduated from Judson College in Marion, [[Alabama]],<ref>Charles Champlin, "A Stamp of Approval for a Friend," ''[[Los Angeles Times]],'' July 9, 1987</ref> the ''[[alma mater]]'' of another Natchitoches-area resident, the naturalist Caroline Coroneos Dormon (1888-1971).
Ada Snell was born to a [[middle class]] [[Southern Baptist]] couple, Marshall H. Carver and the former Ada W. Jack. Her maternal grandfather, Colonel William H. Jack of Natchitoches, kept pheasants, eagles, and peacocks.<ref>Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, ''The Minden Cemetery: A Peaceful Resting Place,'' Self-published, June 2004, p. 38.</ref> Ada graduated from Judson College in Marion, [[Alabama]],<ref>Charles Champlin, "A Stamp of Approval for a Friend," ''[[Los Angeles Times]],'' July 9, 1987</ref> the ''[[alma mater]]'' of another Natchitoches-area resident, the naturalist [[Caroline Dormon]].
On February 25, 1918, Ada married John Barnard Snell (1884-1959) in [[Shreveport]], Louisiana, while he was on furlough from the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]. John Snell was from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. From 1913 to 1917, Snell had been the principal of the newly established [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]]. On his return to Minden after military service, he operated his own [[cotton gin]].<ref>Obituary of John Barnard Snell, ''Minden Herald'', March 23, 1959</ref>
On February 25, 1918, Ada married John Barnard Snell (1884-1959) in [[Shreveport]], Louisiana, while he was on furlough from the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]. John Snell was from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. From 1913 to 1917, Snell had been the principal of the newly established [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]]. On his return to Minden after military service, he operated his own [[cotton]] gin.<ref>Obituary of John Barnard Snell, ''Minden Herald'', March 23, 1959</ref>
==Literary works==
==Literary works==