When Nellie Elizabeth Stackpole was born on 26 October 1858, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, her father, John S Stackpole, was 25 and her mother, Rachel Ann Frost, was 24. She married Clinton S. Andem on 4 May 1887, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1885 and Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 November 1952, in Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Pocasset Cemetery, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.