Walton, Curtis

Biography

He was born Curtis Lovely. In 1894 he applied for a name change to his mother's maiden name after being cared for by his mother's sister and brother for a number of years. Trained at Case Institute of Technology.. The 1900 census has Walton living in Elizabeth, NJ and having an occupation of electrician. He was the architect for the Walton Reality Company specializing in single family homes with his office was 959 Rose Building. In1909 he disappeared from Cleveland and was found suffering from amnesia and living under an assumed name and working as a draftsman in Alabama. He was returned to Cleveland by 1910 as the 1910 Census shows him living in Cleveland with his Uncle William and Aunt Lillian at 678 E 72nd Street (currently in Gordon Park) and an occupation as an architect. His 1917 WWI draft card shows him living in Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia with an occupation as a farmer. The 1920 and1930 census show him with an occupation as architect. His death certificate shows him as an engineer and a birth year of 1872.