When Nancy Harriett Cate was born on 2 February 1829, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States, her father, Elisha Porter Cate, was 33 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Newman, was 28. She married Shadrach Manard on 15 June 1865, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died on 19 July 1901, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 72.