“Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County,” published:  
Chicago;  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892.


D.A. SPAIN,  one of the prosperous and representative citizens of this county, who is 
worthy of mention in this volume, was born March 7, 1850, in Logan county, Kentucky, 
the son of Matthew R. and Emeline (Seymore) Spain, both natives of Virginia, who came 
to Kentucky early in life.  About 1849 they moved to Washington county, Illinois, where 
they resided till 1869, when they came by wagon to Texas, arriving in December, in the 
vicinity of Wheatland.  After renting land for two years, they bought a tract of 140 acres, 
mostly wild, which they proceeded to improve.  They were the parents of five surviving 
children, all of whom are married and till recently lived in this county.

Mr. D.A. Spain, the third child of the five living children, was reared on the farm, and 
married in October, 1885, Miss Fannie Brown, a native of Kentucky and a daughter of 
William G. and Susan (Bently) Brown, natives of Kentucky.  The latter are the parents of 
eight living children.  They have been identified with Dallas county since 1870, till two 
years ago, when they moved to Archer county, where they now reside.  Mr. And Mrs. 
Spain are the parents of two children – Walter and Ila.  His father, being a cripple for a 
number of years previous to his death, left the responsibility of obtaining livelihood for 
the family on the sons, of whom the subject of this sketch was prominent.  By his skill 
and industry he has obtained a considerable portion of this world’s goods.  He now has a 
well-improved farm of 145 acres, in a fine state of cultivation.  On his premises 
everything points to the thrift and enterprise that is characteristic of a prosperous farmer.

Submitted By:  L.Pingel