When Nancy Amanda Bounds was born on 8 April 1860, in Jasper, Mississippi, United States, her father, John Chapman Bounds, was 31 and her mother, Mary Ann Donald, was 33. She married Ezekiel C Arrington on 18 January 1875, in Jasper, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 13 February 1901, in Cherokee, Texas, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Turney, Cherokee, Texas, United States.