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Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 30 May 2003 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Hamilton Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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MILTON SPENCE, farmer, P. O., Murdock, was born in 1835, and is a son of Samuel W. and Hannah Spence. He (Samuel) was a son of Isaac and Esther Spence, who settled in this township in 1802. Samuel was married to Hannah, a daughter of Colen and Margaret (Walker) Spence, by whom he had five children, four of whom are living, viz: Amanda, Mary, Milton and Lizzie. The latter is a teacher in the Indian Territory. Newton, deceased. He and his wife were members of the Bethel Church, in which he was an elder for some years. He died in February, 1880, aged 77 years. She died in 1871, at the age of 65 years. Our subject was married Feb. 8, 1872, to Philanda Megrue, who bore him four children, viz: Samuel W., Sarah B., McPherson and Lewis R. Mrs. S. died May 9, 1880, aged 38 years. Mr. S. enlisted in March, 1862, in Co. B. of the First Kansas Cavalry, and served three years and three months. Was wounded at Lake Providence, LA., and also at Vicksburg, where he was taken prisoner, and at Champion Hill he had a knee crushed. Was discharged in 1865, and returned to his home. Owns 320 acres of land in Kansas. Mary, a daughter of Samuel W. Spence, is a member of the Bethel Church, to which she has belonged since sixteen years of age, and is much interested in religious matters, and in the Sabbath school is an untiring and zealous worker. |
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