He married Nellie Melia Sawyer on September 20, 1892 in Grass Lake. Orton and Nellie settled in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan where he practiced as a doctor (M.D.). In 1918 served in World War I as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps.
Orton was commissioned as a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps on May 31, 1917 during World War I and was assigned to active duty on July 11,1917, Medical Officer's Training Camp, Ft. Benjamin Harrison at Lawrence, Marion County, Indiana. After his training, his assignments were Camp Custer, No. 1 Field Signal Battlion 310th, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan; Camp Sherman in Jefferson County, Oregon as Division Surgeon of 83rd; 338 Infantry, 85 Division at Camp Custer's Base Hospital; and in Washington, D. C., office of the Attending Surgeon. Orton mustered out on June 17,1919 in Washington, D. C..
Parents of George S & Orton Horace (went by Horace) Clark. Both sons served in WWI (both were pilots in France).
He married Nellie Melia Sawyer on September 20, 1892 in Grass Lake. Orton and Nellie settled in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan where he practiced as a doctor (M.D.). In 1918 served in World War I as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps.
Orton was commissioned as a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps on May 31, 1917 during World War I and was assigned to active duty on July 11,1917, Medical Officer's Training Camp, Ft. Benjamin Harrison at Lawrence, Marion County, Indiana. After his training, his assignments were Camp Custer, No. 1 Field Signal Battlion 310th, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan; Camp Sherman in Jefferson County, Oregon as Division Surgeon of 83rd; 338 Infantry, 85 Division at Camp Custer's Base Hospital; and in Washington, D. C., office of the Attending Surgeon. Orton mustered out on June 17,1919 in Washington, D. C..
Parents of George S & Orton Horace (went by Horace) Clark. Both sons served in WWI (both were pilots in France).
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