Jennie Scheuber, pioneer librarian and civic leader, daughter of Maurice and Louise (Imlar) Scott, was born near Plaquemine, Louisiana, on January 6, 1860. About 1873 the family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where the elder Scotts engaged in the hotel business. Jennie took part in amateur theatricals and served from 1877 to 1880 as secretary of the El Paso Literary and Music Society (named after a hotel in Fort Worth). She was married on November 17, 1881, to Charles Scheuber, a prominent local businessman; they had a son. In the late 1800s Jennie Scheuber renewed her involvement in the public affairs of Fort Worth. She became a charter member of the Woman's Wednesday Club in 1889 and served as vice president of the Associated Charities from 1890 to 1895. In 1892 she helped found the Fort Worth Public Library Association, a group that sought to establish a "public library and art gallery" for the city. As its vice president, Mrs. Scheuber was a leader of the FWPLA in its efforts until the death of her husband in March 1895. In late summer of 1895 she moved with her son to Massachusetts, where she worked in a bookstore and a public library to further her practical knowledge of the book trade and library management. A $50,000 Carnegie grant to the FWPLA in July 1899 enabled the group to realize its plans, and when the Fort Worth Carnegie Public Library opened in October 1901, Jennie Scheuber, who had returned to Fort Worth, was the librarian. For the next thirty-seven years she ran the library with single-minded devotion, adding over the years children's, branch, and countywide library service. She was also an active member of the Fort Worth Art Association, a group of private citizens organized to promote the arts in Fort Worth. This group, many of whose members also belonged to the FWPLA, established the Fort Worth Museum of Art, which was housed in the library under Mrs. Scheuber's directorship from 1910 to 1937. In spite of the pressure of her library duties, Jennie Scheuber found time to serve as president of the Texas Library Association for two terms (1907–08), and as vice president of the American Federation of Arts (1911–17).

Source, Texas Handbook of Texas Online.