When Anna J Harlan was born on 7 May 1848, in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, United States, her father, James T Harlan, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Wolf, was 26. She married Isaac Van Nuys on 27 December 1866. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Franklin, Dalton Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1910 and New Garden MM, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1920. She died on 7 October 1929, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bethel, Franklin Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.