He married twice. He married Harriet May Hayward in Worcester Co., MD, March 1, 1852. Harriet was
the daughter of John E. Hayward and Margaret(wife of John E. Hayward). Harriet died July 20, 1853 in Worcester Co.,
MD. She is buried at the P.E. Cemetery, Snow Hill. (Hayward Bible-Leslie P. Dryden, Dryden Family & Descendants, Alamo, TX, 1999)
He married Virginia Elizabeth Humphreys in Worcester Co., MD, January 28, 1864. Virginia was
born January 17, 1835. Virginia was the daughter of Cathell Humphreys and Leah(wife of Cathell Humphreys). Virginia died
January 28, 1910 in Worcester Co., MD. (Leslie P. Dryden, Dryden Family & Descendants, Alamo, TX, 1999, p. 87)
Irving Spence and Virginia Elizabeth Humphreys had the following children:
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Margaret8 Spence was born in Worcester Co., MD November 18, 1865.
Margaret died January 6, 1910 in Worcester Co., MD. She married James Bowdoin Robins
Purnell(Dr,) after 1898. James was born in Worcester Co., MD November 3, 1829. James was the son of William Undrill
Purnell and Eleanor "Ellen" Horsey Robins. James died March 7, 1909 in Worcester Co., MD. His body was interred
in Worcester Co., MD, All Hallows. He is shown as a doctor, living in a hotel, age 29, in 1850 census of Worcester Co., MD. Ft.
Chessid Purnell is the same hotel. James had two children who died in childhood; see Melanie Ayres Merryweather's Genealogy of the Purnell
Family. (Leslie P. Dryden, Dryden Family & Descendants, Alamo, TX, 1999)
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Thomas Humphreys Spence(Prof.) was born in Worcester Co., MD March, 1867. Thomas died 1937. He married Charlotte Augusta Calvert. Charlotte was born 1870. (information on his wife and
children-Leslie P. Dryden, Dryden Family & Descendants, Alamo, TX, 1999, p. 142-143)
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Virginia Spence was born in Worcester Co., MD April 10, 1869. Virginia died January 21, 1870.
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Mary Spence was born about 1871.
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Adele Spence was born about 1874. She married a Price. (Leslie P. Dryden, Dryden Family & Descendants, Alamo, TX,
1999)