When Nancy Janet McNary was born on 22 August 1883, in Canonsburg, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John C. McNary, was 53 and her mother, Abigail Thome Pollock, was 42. She married William Workman on 14 February 1911, in Canonsburg, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 31 July 1962, at the age of 78, and was buried in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.