Ephraim Ruebush

Ephraim Ruebush

Ephraim Ruebush (September 26, 1833 – September 26, 1924) was a music teacher and publisher.

Ephraim Ruebush was born in Churchville, Virginia, the son of John Ruebush and Mary Huffman. In September of 1853, Ruebush traveled to Singers Glen, Virginia, to study music and printing under Joseph Funk. He married Lucille Virginia Kieffer on March 28, 1861. With his brother-in-law, Aldine Silliman Kieffer, he found­ed the Kief­fer-Rue­bush mu­sic company in Dayton, Virginia. This became one of the largest and most influential gospel music companies of its day, printing songbooks into the 1940s. He died on September 26, 1924, and is buried in Dayton.

External links

* [http://www.smithcreekmusic.com/Hymnology/American.Hymnody/Gospel.hymnody/Ruebush-Kieffer/RuebushKieffer.bibliograpy.html The Music Books of Ruebush and Kieffer]


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