Background
Barton, Walter Elbert was born on November 7, 1886 in Wadesville, Indiana, United States. Son of Anson and Sophia Ann (Blackburn) Barton.
Walter Elbert Barton
November 7, 1886 Wadesville, Indiana, United States
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 Brig., 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.
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Education
Student Indiana State Normal School, 1903-1905, University of Colorado, 1908-1909. Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, George Washington University, 1914.
Career
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 Brig., 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.
Membership
Mason.; Clubs: University (Washington).
Connections
Married Martha R. Browning, December 6, 1917 (deceased).; married second, Mistress. Children: Eleanor Browning, Martha Browning, Mary Ellen.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican