Clifford Stevens Walton – Major, United States Army

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Born at Chardon, Ohio, March 2, 1861, of English descent. He graduated from West Point and also attended the University of Madrid, Spain, and the National Law University in Washington, D.C., where he received an LLM degree. He married Anne G. Veazey, daughter of Judge W. G. Veazey, of Vermont, April 9, 1890 in Washington, D.C.

He served as an attorney for or against the United States on several Interntional Law Commissions, including controversies between the U.S. and Chile, Peru, Salvador, etc.

He was a Major of United States Volunteers, 1898-99, on the staffs of Generals Brooke and Ludlow in Purto Rico and Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

He was a Republican and the author of “The Civil Law in Spain and Spanish America,” 1907.

He made his home in Washington, D.C. and died there on May 15, 1902, and was buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, AnnieG. Veazey Walton, the daughter of Medal of Honor recipient, Wheelock G.Veazey, who is also buried in Section 2, is buried with him.

Clifford Stevens Walton of Ohio
Appointed from Washington, D. C. Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1882 to November 1884
Major, Additional Paymaster of Volunteers, 17 May 1898
Honorably Discharged from the Volunteer Service, 13 June 1899

WALTON, ANNE C V W/O CLIFFORD S
DATE OF DEATH: 01/10/1926
DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
BURIED AT: SECTION E-N  SITE 1022
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF CS WALTON – MAJOR USA

WALTON, CLIFFORD S
MAJOR/ADDL PAYMASTER US VOLS
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 05/15/1912
DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
BURIED AT: SECTION ED SS  SITE 1022
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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