Bio of KNOWLTON, David Waldo (b.1862), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 652-655
DAVID WALDO KNOWLTON
David W. Knowlton, secretary of the Scottish Rite bodies of Masonry, is also an
able attorney, and for nearly four decades has engaged in the practice of law in
Minneapolis. He is a native of New England, his birth having occurred at
Worcester, Massachusetts, on the 4th of July, 1862. His parents. Daniel Waldo
and Mary E. (Clapp) Knowlton, were born at Holden, that state. The father
devoted his attention to mercantile pursuits and in 1888 came to Minneapolis,
where he continued to make his home until his demise.
His son, David Waldo Knowlton, attended the grammar and high schools of
Worcester, Massachusetts, and later became a student at Colby University at
Waterville, Maine, from which he won the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1883,
being graduated on the twenty-first anniversary of his birth. In October of that
year he came to Minneapolis and since his admission to the bar he has
successfully followed his profession in this city. He conducts his law practice
with ability, carefully preparing his cases and presenting them with clearness
and force. The court records are proof of his power as a lawyer, indicating that
he has been connected with much important litigation.
Mr. Knowlton's identification with the Masonic order forms one of the vital
interests of his life. His connection with the order dates from June, 1894, and
he has taken all of the degrees, including the thirty-third, which was conferred
upon him on the 26th of December, 1903, in recognition of his services to the
order. For twenty-two years he was secretary of Khurum Lodge, No. 112, F. & A.
M., and for twenty-one years he was grand treasurer of the Grand Lodge. He was
master of the blue lodge for two years and has held minor offices in the
Scottish Rite, while he has also been potentate of Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. In March, 1900, he was elected secretary of the Scottish Rite bodies,
which office he has since held, and he is also a director of the Scottish Rite
Cathedral and Masonic Temple associations and chair­man of the Board of
Custodians.
On the 5th of October, 1901, Mr. Knowlton was married to Miss Ellen E. Bugby of
Minneapolis, and they have become the parents of two sons, of whom the younger
is David W. Knowlton, Jr. Alexander Knowlton, the firstborn, enlisted in the
United States navy during the World war and was sent overseas just before the
signing of the armistice.
For twelve years Mr. Knowlton was a member of the Minnesota National Guard,
serving first as captain of Company I and later as inspector general on the
brigade staff. He has also been called to public office and is now acting as
justice of the peace at Tonka, situated on Lake Minnetonka, in Hennepin county.
He is deeply interested in the development and progress of the city in which he
has made his home for forty years, and exemplifies in his life all that is
admirable in conduct and character, being a man whom to know is to respect and
admire.