 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chinyorwa chaVaSpence cheCornell Alumni News chinorondedzera kuberekwa kwake paFond du Lac, Wisconsin. Kutaura idi, akanga asirimuzvarirwo asi panzvimbo pezvo akaberekerwa muDungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland kana kuti muCounty Cork pana September 2, 1846. Mhuri yacho yakatamira kuChillicothe, Ohio, pashure peÁn Gorta Mór kana kuti nzara hurura18451848. Mhuri yaSpence yakatamira kuFond du Lac, Wisconsin, muna 1865. Spence akadzokera kuOhio kunodzidza paOhio Wesleyan University uye akabatana nePhi Kappa Psi fraternity. Akatamira kuCornell muna 1869 nehama dzinoverengeka dzehama, achitora Bachelor of Arts, kosi yekare muna 1870, mushure mekushumira semuvambi wechina weNew York Alpha Chapter, Phi Kappa Psi kuCornell University. Aiva nhengo yeIrving Literary Society. 