When Nora Pattie was born on 18 December 1903, in Waynesville, Pulaski, Missouri, United States, her father, Joseph Allen Pattie, was 28 and her mother, Emma Roach, was 22. She married Clyde Emery Mckinnon on 2 November 1921, in Pulaski, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Granite City, Granite City Township, Madison, Illinois Territory, United States in 1940. She died in 1955, in Waynesville, Pulaski, Missouri, United States, at the age of 52.