Background
Horton, Walter Shurts was born on December 3, 1857 in near Delavan, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathaniel B. and Emily A. (Shurts) Horton.
Horton, Walter Shurts was born on December 3, 1857 in near Delavan, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathaniel B. and Emily A. (Shurts) Horton.
Preparatory education, Lincoln (Illinois) College and Preparatory School, Northwestern University. Bachelor of Arts, College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 1880. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1882.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1882. Member firm Stevens, Lee & Horton, Peoria, Illinois, 1882-1889, Stevens & Horton, 1889-1909. General attorney I.C. Railroad Company, 1909-1918, general solicitor, 1918-1920, general counsel I.C. System, 1920-1928.
Member commission to revise laws regulating practice in courts of Illinois, 1898-1901. Member American, Illinois State and Chicago bar associations. Clubs: Union League (Chicago).
Married Alice C. Jones, May 25, 1882 (now deceased). Children: Helen Emily (deceased), Walter Clarke, Eugene Edward.