Clayton Boone, 1847-1947 was a New Mexico pioneer, early settler and homesteader in the New Mexico Territory in 1897 and co founder of Hobbs New Mexico. He was also a famous spurmaker and the patriarch of the Boone Boys Wild West Show.
Do you know any history of the song on your website entitled "Clayton Boone"?
If authentic, it might have been written by someone on the wild west show.
But my grandmother died in 1913 still married to Clayton.