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WALTON, Charles Wesley
WALTON, Charles Wesley. (White Oak, WI, Sept. 2, 1870--Glendale, CA, Feb. 20, 1930). After taking a course at the BAYLESS BUSINESS COLLEGE, Walton became a bookkeeper for C. H. LITTLE, BECKER AND COMPANY and later for HARGER AND BLISH. In 1892 he went into business for himself in the company of Walton & Bieg. Walton later purchased the funeral business of John R. Jones. He served as the treasurer of the board of education from 1906 through 1911.
On October 19, 1894 Walton was acknowledged a Master Mason in Metropolitan Lodge No. 49. He was the Worshipful Master of his Lodge in 1898 and 1899 and again in 1913. Walton was appointed Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge of Iowa in 1903. He was elected Junior Guardian Warden in 1907 and right eminent grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Iowa in 1908. At the seventy-first annual meeting in Des Moines on June 9, 1914 he was elected Grand Master of Iowa and at one time headed the Knights Templars in Iowa. He was also an active organizer and a charter member of the Rotary Club of Dubuque.
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Source:
"Dubuque Loses a Beloved Citizen," Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal, February 21, 1930, p. 13