Walton,
A. R. is probably Arthur Rivers Walton (October
18, 1874–January 29, 1927), the son of George and Elizabeth Walton. He married
Gussie May (or Mae) Anderson (1883–1973). The 1900 and 1910 Censuses of Fulton
County, Georgia, list him as a house carpenter. When he registered for the
draft he was living in DeKalb County and said he was a farmer, but in the 1920
Fulton County Census he is listed as a musical composer. The A. R. Walton
mentioned by J. L. White in his “Preface” was also a music typesetter or plate maker.
In 1919 Arthur Walton arranged the music for “The Confederate Soldier” written
by veteran George W. Simmons, Sr. It was sung by J. L. White at the Old
Soldier’s Home on Sunday October 5, 1919 and was to be sung at the upcoming
Confederate Reunion (See Atlanta Constitution, October 6, 1919, p.
7). Arthur and Gussie Mae Walton are buried at the Crestlawn Cemetery in
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. One of
his tunes, We Wait Thy Blessings,
was in the 1909 edition but not kept in 1911.
491a Just For a Day
498a Mary
512 Pray On
A. R. Walton notes
World War I Draft
Registrations, www.ancestry.com
U. S. Federal Censuses,
Fulton County 1900-1920
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118352540
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