Background
Barton, Walter Elbert was born on November 7, 1886 in Wadesville, Indiana, United States. Son of Anson and Sophia Ann (Blackburn) Barton.
Barton, Walter Elbert was born on November 7, 1886 in Wadesville, Indiana, United States. Son of Anson and Sophia Ann (Blackburn) Barton.
Student Indiana State Normal School, 1903-1905, University of Colorado, 1908-1909. Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, George Washington University, 1914.
Admitted to Indiana bar, 1915. Practiced at Evansville until 1917, Washington, since 1920. Specializes in federal taxation.
Student 2d O.T.C., Fort Benjamin Harrison, August-November 1917.
Attached to 89th Division, November 1917-March 1918, 164th Depot Brigade, until August 1918. With American Expeditionary Forces, August 1918-July 1919.
Participated in Meuse-Argonne offensive. Honorary discharge as First lieutenant, 1919.
Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Mason.; Clubs: University (Washington).
Married Martha R. Browning, December 6, 1917 (deceased). Married second, Mistress. Children: Eleanor Browning, Martha Browning, Mary Ellen.