... Nancy, born Sept. 24, 1820; died in Kansas in 1902. Her husband, James Keener, is also dead. They had ten children.
Nancy was the youngest of the family of James and Margaret (Johnson) Current and was the only one of the family that remained in Virginia, not joining the western emigration until many years later. "The circumstances under which Nancy chose to remain in Virginia were quite romantic. She started to Indiana with her people, in a covered wagon. They were accompanied for several miles on the way by a number of the friends and relatives on horseback. Among those friends was her lover, and when the time came for the two parties to separate, the one to continue on to the new country, the others to return to their Virginia homes, Nancy bounded from the wagon and young Keener drew her up behind him on the horse and they sped away to the settlement where they were married." ...
