When Nancy Ann Scranton was born on 10 July 1859, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, David Emery Scranton, was 28 and her mother, Wealthy Ann Stone, was 23. She married Armstead Richards on 16 March 1876, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dundy, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Madison Township, Lincoln, Kansas, United States in 1910. She died on 11 April 1932, in Westfall, Lincoln, Kansas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hammer Cemetery, Lincoln, Lincoln, Kansas, United States.