Levi Nelson COUNTRYMAN

1832 - 1924  (91 years)

• Name	Levi Nelson COUNTRYMAN
  Born	11 Jul 1832	Orleans, Jefferson, New York
  Gender	Male
  Education	1861 - Hamline University, Red Wing, MN
  Occupation	Sold threshing machines
  Residence	1855	Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota
  Military Event	Civil War - 2nd MN Inf, Co D: Cpl  [1]
  Served Civil War?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	29 Mar 1924	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
  Buried	29 Mar 1924	Oakwood Cemetery, Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota
  Cremated	3 Apr 1924	Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Person ID	I33139	Main
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Daniel B. COUNTRYMAN,   b. 6 Nov 1785, Minden, Montgomery, New York ,   d. 20 Mar 1864, Nininger, Dakota, Minnesota  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary FORT,   b. 27 Feb 1795, Palatine, Montgomery, New York ,   d. 5 Oct 1855, Nininger, Dakota, Minnesota  (Age 60 years)
  Married	Abt 1822	Jefferson, Schoharie, New York
  Family ID	F1486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alta CHAMBERLAIN,   b. 4 Feb 1833, Indiana ,   d. 25 Jan 1922, Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota  (Age 88 years)
  Married	27 Mar 1851	Indiana
  Children	1. Mary Josephine COUNTRYMAN,   b. 8 Aug 1853,   d. 21 Aug 1853  (Age 0 years)   2. Amplias Milton COUNTRYMAN,   b. 31 Oct 1854, Hartsville, Bartholomew, Indiana ,   d. ? + 3. Theophilus Russell COUNTRYMAN,   b. 11 Jun 1857, Nininger, Dakota, Minnesota ,   d. 13 Jun 1949, Hennepin County, Minnesota  (Age 92 years)   4. Minnie Martha COUNTRYMAN,   b. 27 Mar 1861, Nininger, Dakota, Minnesota ,   d. 11 Jan 1863, Dakota County, Minnesota  (Age 1 years)   5. Jason Melville “Mellie” COUNTRYMAN,   b. 2 Jul 1863, Nininger, Dakota, Minnesota ,   d. 30 Sep 1865  (Age 2 years)   6. George COUNTRYMAN,   b. Abt 1868, Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota ,   d. 11 Nov 1871  (Age ~ 3 years)   7. Gratia Alta COUNTRYMAN,   b. 29 Nov 1866, Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota ,   d. 26 Jul 1953, Duluth, St Louis, Minnesota  (Age 86 years)   8. Lana Maria COUNTRYMAN,   b. 7 Apr 1870, Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota ,   d. ?
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F11294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - 1855 - Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota Died - 29 Mar 1924 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Buried - 29 Mar 1924 - Oakwood Cemetery, Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota Cremated - 3 Apr 1924 - Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  CIVIL WAR: Private Co. D 2d Minn. Vol. INf. Mustered March 2 1865 with brother Peter. Mustered out July 7 1865, Washington DC Corporal May 1 1865. Taught for 15 years after the war. He was employed by the "Buffalo Pitts" Threshing Machine Co. for 24 yrs Spent latter years with daughter Lana Conger in Ontario, CA. ----- 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. http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/p2591.xml

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service.