... John [Current] and Nancy lived in Jay county, and in 1839 first settled here. ...
... John CURRENT was born April 25, 1802, on the old homestead near Grafton, West Virginia, and died July 24, 1881. He was married February 19, 1829, in the Old Dominion, to Miss Mary NORRIS, who was born December 24, 1803, and died January 9, 1875. Five years after marriage, in 1834, they came to Henry county, Indiana, and six years later, in 1840, they came to Jay county and settled on the farm where Jacob DAUGHERTY now lives, his wife being a daughter of John CURRENT. On this farm they spent the remainder of their lives.
Nine children were born to them, as follows:
- Harriet Jane, who married John BOOTS and resides in Randolph county at the age of seventy-one years;
- Benjamin F., our subject;
- Henry O., who resides one mile north of Redkey;
- William M., who resides in Dunkirk;
- Susan M., wife of Jacob DAUGHERTY;
- David, who resides in Redkey;
- Rebecca E., who married George JACKSON and died in early life, leaving two children;
- Mary E., wife of Abraham SUTTON, of Knox township; and
- James K., also a resident of Portland. ...
