When Nancy Evalina Talley was born on 4 February 1871, in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States, her father, David Kellam Talley, was 29 and her mother, Medora Bell Cowan, was 27. She married Skillman Parker Shaw on 15 November 1900, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Election Precinct 11, Pueblo, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 109, Pueblo, Colorado, United States in 1930. She died on 15 January 1940, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado Territory, United States.