IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934 BIOGRAPHIES STATE SENATORS FRANK M. STEVENS, GARDEN GROVE. - Senator from the fifth district,  consisting of Decatur, Ringgold and Union counties, was born on a farm near  Salem, Illinois, May 14, 1872.  He went to Chicago at the age of fifteen,  an orphan, and became superintendent of Empire Warehouses, Inc., of Chicago, at  the age of 26.  Married Evelyn M. Payne and has three daughters, Martha,  Helen and Evelyn.  Moved to Iowa and entered the mercantile business at  Floria in 1903.  Moved to Garden Grove, Decatur county, in 1920 and  continued in mercantile business there.  Member of Methodist church.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat. http://www.iagenweb.org/history/index.html posted at this site with Debbie's permission