Andrew Marvick Biography


	This biography appears on pages 554-557 in "History of Dakota 
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				ANDREW MARVICK. 

	Andrew Marvick is not only prominent in public affairs, now 
serving as state senator, but he is also one of the leading business 
men of Sisseton as well. He is secretary, treasurer and general manager 
of the Iowa & Dakota Land & Loan Company and is a director of the 
Citizens National Bank, which he aided in organizing and which is the 
largest bank in Roberts county, and in all that he has undertaken he 
has met with gratifying success. 

	A native of Illinois, he was born in Grundy county, June 28, 
1871, a son of Sivert and Lorencia (Naadland) Marvick, both born near 
Stavanger, Norway, the former in 1829 and the latter in 1834. They 
emigrated to the United States in 1854 and on the 4th of September of 
that year they were married at Ottawa, Illinois. After renting land for 
a time the father purchased a farm in the Prairie state and then 
engaged in agricultural pursuits until August, 1904, when he and his 
wife removed to Story City, Iowa, where he is now living retired. His 
religious faith is that of the Lutheran church and his political belief 
is in accord with the principles of the republican party. His father, 
Andrias Marvick, passed his entire life in Norway, but his mother, Mrs. 
Martha Marvick, came to the United States after the death of her 
husband, and died at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. 

	To Mr. and Mrs. Sivert Marvick were born eight children, namely: 
M. O., who is engaged in the lumber and grain business in Story City, 
Iowa; Joseph, a banker of that place: Mary, the widow of O. B. Hanson, 
of Story City; S. S., a real-estate dealer of Morris, Illinois; Celia, 
the wife of Joseph H. Osman, of Morris, who is a farmer by occupation 
and is now also deputy sheriff; L. S., a minister of the United 
Lutheran church, who has charge of the congregation of that faith at 
Black River Falls, Wisconsin; Andrew and Margaret, at home. 

	Andrew Marvick received his early education in the country 
schools of Illinois and subsequently took a business course. On 
beginning his independent career he continued to follow the occupation 
to which he had been reared and farmed in Illinois until 1902. in that 
year he removed to Sisseton, South Dakota, and embarked in the real-
estate business on a small scale. As the years have passed his business 
teas grown steadily and he is now one of the leading men in the real-
estate field in his section. He buys and sells outright and is also 
serving as secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Iowa & 
Dakota Land & Loan Company, which office he has held since the 
organization of the concern. He assisted in organizing the Citizens 
National Bank of Sisseton in September, 1902, and is a director of that 
institution, which has a capital and surplus of sixty thousand dollars, 
Its affairs are excellently managed and it has gained the complete 
confidence of the people of Roberts county. 

	In 1893 Mr. Marvick was united in marriage to Miss Linnie 
Bjelland, who was born in Leland, Illinois, a daughter of Ola Bjelland, 
an early settler and agriculturist of that state. To this union have 
been born the following children: Lydia, R. O., Amos, Ethel, Beatrice 
and Ruth. 

	Mr. Marvick is a Lutheran in his religious belief and fraternally 
is connected with the Knights of Pythias, of which he is past 
chancellor commander. He is a republican and his advice is frequently 
sought in party councils. For four years he served as alderman and in 
1912 he was elected to the state senate and reelected in 1914, his 
record thus receiving the endorsement of his constituents. During the 
last session of the general assembly he served as chairman of the 
important appropriations committee of the senate and was also a member 
of the committees on banks and banking, elections, temperance, 
agriculture and public health He has proved not only a public-spirited 
but also an efficient member of the upper house and has given the most 
careful study and investigation to the matters that have come up for 
consideration, realizing that the duties of the legislator entail a 
great deal of hard work. For the past three years he has been an active 
member of the Meridian road committee and has done much good work in 
developing this highway through Roberts county. He is also serving as a 
member of the school board of Sisseton. He has gained marked success 
since taking up his residence in Sisseton and is considered one of its 
leading citizens.