children have been born of this union, they are as follows : Carrie, who became the wife of Ole Hougen; Harry; Bertha, deceased; Gerhard; Adolph; Martin; Bertha, now the wife of Ole V. Oleson; Clara, at home; and Laura Matilda, the wife of Thomas Grimslay.
The family attend the Lutheran church, in which the parents hold membership. Ever since he has acquired the right of suffrage through naturalization, Mr. Malmin has cast his vote for the republican party, feeling that its policy is best adapted to serve the interests of the majority. His fellow citizens have honored him by election to the office of road supervisor, in which capacity he is now serving his eighth year. He is one of the esteemed citizens of Warren township and is highly regarded by the community in which he resides.
FRANK S. SMITH, M. D.
Dr. Frank S. Smith, practicing in Nevada, is recognized as one of the most capable and successful members of the medical profession in Story county. He was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1853. His father, William Smith, was born in Chautauqua, New York, January 18, 1826, and was a son of the Rev. Salmeron Smith, of Massachusetts. The latter married a Miss Avery, who was a descendant of Governor Dudley of Massachusetts. After arriving at years of maturity William Smith was united in marriage to Cynthia Smith, who was born near Lachine Rapids on the St. Lawrence in Canada on the 20th of May, 1829, and though of the same name was not a relative of her husband. Her father, Francis Smith, was born and reared in Ireland. The marriage of William and Cynthia Smith was celebrated in Venango county, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1848, and while living in the Keystone state the father was owner of a tract of land near Oil Creek, Pennsylvania. A few years after he sold that property and came west, petroleum was found there, and it is said that more millions of dollars were taken from that farm through the development of the oil wells than from any other piece of land in the world. Two cousins of Dr. Smith are now pumping oil from the wells there, as their father did before them, and wells and derricks cover the ground until it looks like a harbor with the masts of many sailing vessels placed as close together as possible. It was in the year 1855 that William Smith left Pennsylvania with his family. He lived for brief periods in Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin and in 1860 became a resident of Andalusia, Rock Island county, Illinois, making his way down the Mississippi river on a lumber raft. William Smith was engaged in the lumber business continuously from his seventeenth year until his death at the age of sixty-eight with the exception of about three years spent on the farm on which his son Dr. Smith was born, and even during that time he engaged