Nancy Jane Snoddy Coan (1856-1928) was the second child of Samuel Miller Snoddy and Rosa Benson Snoddy. Named for both of her grandmothers, Nancy Miller Benson and Jane Crawford Snoddy, she was called “Sister” by her family throughout her life.

She made a “profession of faith” and joined Nazareth Presbyterian Church, in 1879. In 1897, at age 41, she married Dr. David M. Coan, who was fifty-five. Following the death of her husband in 1903, Nannie Coan moved into Spartanburg, where she lived until her death in 1928.

Paul's Crazy Quilt [ca 1875 and ca 1915]