Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 159. MALCOLM A. HORN Malcolm A. Horn is one of the prominent and influential farmers of Lane county, owning a fertile and productive tract of land in township 20, range 3 west, near Cottage Grove. He was born in Cook county, Illinois, in 1875, and is a son of William and Katherine Horn. When he was about four years of age, the family moved to Kansas, where they remained until 1892, when they came to Lane county, Oregon, the father buying one hundred and sixty acres of land in Link Hollow, where he lived until 1904, when he moved to Delight valley, where he and his wife spent their remaining years. Malcolm A. Horn secured his education in the public schools and on coming to Oregon took up a homestead on the hill near Link Hollow, which he proved up and later sold. In 1907 he bought one hundred and twelve acres of good bottom land in Delight valley, where he has developed an excellent farm, sixty acres of the land being in cultivation. He carries on general farming, and also keeps a nice flock of sheep and a herd of registered Holstein cattle. He has made many substantial improvements on his place, which now ranks among the best farms of the locality. On his place is a fine gravel pit, at which he has established a crusher, and he has sold an enormous amount of gravel to the county and state for highway construction, as well as to contractors. He has shown good judgment in all of his operations and has achieved substantial success. On January 19, 1902, Mr. Horn was united in marriage to Miss Chloe Smith, who was born in Iowa, from which state she came to Oregon as a girl in 1891. She is a daughter of Francis and Mary C. (Caldwell) Smith, of whom the former was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Des Moines, Iowa, a daughter of James Caldwell, who was a pioneer of that state. Francis Smith moved to Iowa in an early day and later bought a store at Walker's Station, Oregon, where he was appointed postmaster, in which position he served until his death, in 1921. He is survived by his widow, who still lives there. Mr. Smith was a man of wide acquaintance and large influence, being numbered among the leading residents of his locality. He served many years as a member of the school board and helped to organize and establish the rural high school at Walker's Station. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. To him and his wife were born five children, all of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Horn have one child, Francis, who is in high school. Mr. Horn is a republican in his political alignment and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Daughters of Rebekah and the Farmers Union. A man of sterling character, square in all his dealings and deeply interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of his locality, he is held in high esteem. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2011 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.