When Nina Jane Adamson was born on 5 August 1902, in Miller, Lawrence, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Judson Adamson, was 38 and her mother, Nannie Friar, was 34. She married Earl Monroe Kelley on 6 November 1927, in Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Lawrence, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 23 June 1981, in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Fruita, Mesa, Colorado, United States.