When Gideon George Spink was born on 2 April 1891, in Aetna Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States, his father, George Lewis Spink, was 23 and his mother, Marion Quick Hunter, was 22. He married Wilhelmina Keel on 19 July 1915, in Montcalm, Michigan, United States. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Bedford, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 2 February 1972, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States.