Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 23 October 2005

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GUSTAVIUS A. SPENCE, farmer; P. O. Level; this esteemed citizen is a native of Warren Co., this State, and is a son of Isaac and Johanna (Monnan) Spence. He was born January 28, 1837; he was educated in the common schools of this county, and also spent one term at College Hill; he chose the occupation of farming, and was united in marriage, Sept. 2, 1860, to Mary A. Jackson, a native of this county, and born January 19, 1841. He early espoused the Union cause, and upon the organization of the band for the 12th I. V. I., became a member of that organization; he was discharged from the service in May, 1862, at Washington City, D. C.; remaining at home until 1864, when he became a member of Company C, 146th O. V. I., serving in the capacity of Orderly Sergeant of his company; when the war was over, he returned home and has since been engaged in farming. His father was a native of this county, born Jan 1, 1812; he married Miss Monnan, born in the State of Virginia, Jan. 26, 1805; they were married in March, 1835; he was a man of sterling worth and served as Lieutenant of the Ohio Militia for a number of years. He was of Irish descent, and died June 28, 1871, and she June 28, 1881. They settled on the farm where the son now resides in the year 1835. Jacob Jackson, the father of Mrs. Spence, was originally from the State of Virginia, where he was born, in December, 1804; he married Miss D. Williams, a native of his own State, and born Feb. 22, 1808. They were the parents of thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters. Mr. Spence had a family of five children-Scott E., born May 25, 1861; Oliver M., born Jan. 7, 1865; Ida M., born April 3, 1867, died Sept. 24, 1880; Isaac D., born April 22, 1872; and Grace, April 11, 1874. Mr. Spence is a Republican of the Stalwart kind; and he and his worthy companion are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is temperate in his habits, and a gentleman whom his neighbors respect.