| | Harry Wilfred Adams (b. 1879) — also known asHarry W. Adams — of Beloit,RockCounty, Wis.Born in Blanchardville,LafayetteCounty, Wis.,February13, 1879.Lawyer;chairman, DellFoodSpecialty Co.; director, Mutual Benefit LifeInsuranceCo.;mayor ofBeloit, Wis., 1914-18.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;American Academy of Political and SocialScience;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;ScottishRite Masons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Woodmen;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown.  | Balthasar Henry Meyer (1866-1954) — also known asBalthasar H. Meyer — of Wisconsin. Born near Mequon,OzaukeeCounty, Wis.,May 28,1866.Schoolteacher and principal;universityprofessor;Wisconsinrailroad commissioner, 1905-10; member, Interstate CommerceCommission, 1910-39.Member,AmericanEconomic Association;American Academy of Political and SocialScience.Died inWashington,D.C.,February9, 1954 (age87 years, 257days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Henry Meyer and Louise (Wiepking) Meyer; married,August29, 1901, to Alice Elizabeth Carlton. | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | |  | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Daniel D. Murphy (1862-1931) — also known asDaniel Murphy — of Elkader,ClaytonCounty, Iowa.Born in New Diggings,LafayetteCounty, Wis.,August22, 1862.Democrat.Lawyer;ClaytonCounty Attorney, 1891-95; candidate forU.S.Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1910; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Iowa,1912(member,CredentialsCommittee); vice-president, Elkader StateBank;director, St. Olaf SavingsBank,Elkport SavingsBank, andClayton County StateBank;director, Moresby IslandLumberCompany; president, Iowa Bar Association.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;American Academy of Political and SocialScience.DiedMay 30,1931 (age68 years, 281days).Interment atSt.Joseph's Cemetery, Elkader, Iowa.| |  Relatives: Sonof John G. Murphy and Ellen (McCarthy) Murphy; married,June 16,1888, to Henrietta Johnsen. |
| | Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) — also known asLewis B. Schwellenbach — of Neppel (now Moses Lake),GrantCounty, Wash.Born in Superior,DouglasCounty, Wis.,September20, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;chair ofKing County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate forGovernor ofWashington, 1932;U.S.Senator from Washington, 1935-40;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940-45;resigned 1945;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;AmericanSociety for International Law;American Academy of Politicaland Social Science;American BarAssociation;Rotary;Elks;Eagles.Died inWalterReed Hospital,Washington,D.C.,June 10,1948 (age53 years, 264days).Interment atEvergreen-WashelliMemorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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