Susan Rebecca Hite was born on May 27, 1844, in Page County, Virginia, to Abraham and Ann Hite. Her father was a farmer who owned $4,000 of real estate and $7,914 of personal property by 1860. She grew up and attended school in Page County, and she married Henry Coffman around 1879. Their son Charles was born around 1879. They lived in Luray, Virginia, and her husband worked as a farmer. Her husband died in 1920, and she died in Luray on May 20, 1929.