When Nancy Mary Mitchell was born on 26 February 1793, in Maysville, Mason, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Mitchell, was 23 and her mother, Nancy Boone, was 17. She married Newton Doggett on 13 December 1809, in Mason, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 7 October 1845, in Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, United States.