Countryman, Levi N. (Levi Nelson), 1832-1924.
Biographical notes:
Levi Countryman was born July 11, 1832, in LaFargeville, New York. He moved to Hartsville, Indiana (circa 1848-1850) where he taught school and attended Hartsville College. On March 21, 1851 he married Alta Chamberlain, and in 1855 they moved to Hastings, Minnesota for reasons relating to Levi Countryman's health. In Minnesota he farmed in Dakota County; attended and graduated from Hamline University, Red Wing, in 1861; was mustered into Company D, Second Minnesota Regiment (February 7, 1865) and mustered out (May 2, 1865); and returned to farming in Nininger, Dakota County. Later Levi Countryman was employed in the farm implement business, primarily with the Buffalo-Pitts Company, where he worked and headed the Fargo, North Dakota branch from 1883 to 1892 when he moved to the Minneapolis branch where he worked until his retirement on July 31, 1907. Levi Countryman died in Minneapolis on March 29, 1924.
From the guide to the Levi N. Countryman and family papers., Undated and 1855-1930., (Minnesota Historical Society)
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