Background
Countryman, Marcellus L. was born on August 27, 1862 in Nininger Township, Dakota Company, Minnesota, United States. Son of Peter Fort and Elizabeth E. (Gleason) Countryman.
Countryman, Marcellus L. was born on August 27, 1862 in Nininger Township, Dakota Company, Minnesota, United States. Son of Peter Fort and Elizabeth E. (Gleason) Countryman.
Student Washington University. Bachelor of Laws, Saint Louis Law School, 1886.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1886. Moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1887. Appointed assistant general solicitor G. North. Railway Company, 1903, general solicitor since 1918, vice-president and general counsel, 1922-1926, now special counsel
Member State Board Law Examiners, Minnesota, 6 years Trustee and Mason.; Club: Minnesota (governor).
Married Cora May Simmons, of Hastings, Minnesota, April.