Background
She was born August 27, 1880, at Milford, Pennsylvania.
She was born August 27, 1880, at Milford, Pennsylvania.
She graduated from Fairmont Normal School, now Fairmont State University, and attended Randolph-Macon College at Ashland, Virginia and Emerson College of Elocution at Boston, Massachusetts.
As first lady during the United States. involvement in World World War II, she sold war bonds and raised money for servicemen"s clubs. After leaving office, the Nelly"s moved to Washington, District of Columbia, where Matthew Neely served in the United States Senate until his death in 1958. She moved to Fairmont, West Virginia, where she died on June 30, 1976.