ROBERT B. WALTON
History of Arizona, page 512

Robert B. Walton, who is rendering exceptionally effective 
service as Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at Winslow and 
Immigration Commissioner for Navajo County has had much business 
experience and came to his present position well qualified for 
its duties.  He was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on July 25, 
1871 and is a son of Thomas T. and Frances H. (Brinsmaid) Walton. 
His father, who was a successful insurance broker, died in 1877.

Mr. Walton received his education in the public schools of his 
native city and had two years work under a private tutor.  In 
1888 when sixteen years of age he began his identification 
with the insurance business and in 1897 he located in Phoenix 
Arizona where he followed the same line of business. In the 
following year he established his summer home at Flagstaff, 
retaining his winter home at Phoenix and carried on the insurance 
business in both places.  In 1903 he turned his attention to 
the development of the livestock industry in which he met with 
encouraging success, carrying it on until 1922. In 1916 he 
established his permanent home in Winslow where he has 
resided to the present time and in 1912 he entered the U.S. 
Internal Revenue Service. He resigned that position in 
January 1927 and accepted that of Clerk of the Board of 
Supervisors of Navajo County. In 1928 he was elected Secretary 
of the Winslow Chamber of Commerce and in that same year also 
became County Immigration Commissioner. He has been a large 
factor in the successful operation of the Chamber of Commerce 
and is regarded as effective in matters affecting the commercial 
and civic welfare. Beginning in 1914 to the present time he has 
been active in promoting the building of good roads in this 
state.

On May 25, 1896 he married Josephine Martin of New Canaan  
Connecticut.


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