Background
Chrestman, Marion Nelson was born on September 29, 1877 in Vanzandt County, Texas, United States. Son of Larkin Marion and Louise Malone (Allen) Chrestman.
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Marion Nelson Chrestman
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Marion Nelson Chrestman, American lawyer. Member Dallas Bar Association (president 1926-1927), American and State of Texas and American bar associations, International Association of Insurance Counsels (president 1936-1937).; Mason (32°; Blue Lodge; Scottish Rite; Shriner).; Club: Lakewood Country (Dallas).
Education
Student law department, Valparaiso (Indiana) College, 1903 to 1904.
Career
Taught school, 1900-1904. Law apprentice Burgess & Burgess, 1904-1907. Member firm Burgess, Burgess & Chrestman (now Chrestman, Brundidge, Fountain, Elliott & Bateman), Dallas, Texas, since 1908.
President Texas Civil Judicial Council (16 years), 1929-1941. Member Texas Relief Committee (ex-officio member). Member of advisory commission to Supreme Court of Texas to write procedural civil statutes into rules and rewrite rules of procedure.
Chairman City Plan Committee of Dallas, 1939. Member Board of Education, Dallas, 1918-1922. V.-chairman Civil Service Board of Dallas, 1931-1933.
Membership
Member Dallas Bar Association (president 1926-1927), American and State of Texas and American bar associations, International Association of Insurance Counsels (president 1936-1937). Mason (32°; Blue Lodge. Scottish Rite; Shriner).
Club: Lakewood Country (Dallas).
Connections
Married Mary Elizabeth Wathen, April.
