Charles Lloyd Barnhouse (March 20, 1865 – November 18, 1929) was a 19th-century American

United States

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 music publisher. Barnhouse started a music publishing firm in 1886 that exists today as the C. L. Barnhouse Company

C. L. Barnhouse Company

The C. L. Barnhouse Company is an American music publishing firm. It was founded in 1886 by Charles Lloyd Barnhouse. It has been headquartered in Oskaloosa, Iowa since 1891....

, selling band music around the world.

Barnhouse was born and raised in Grafton, West Virginia

Grafton, West Virginia

Grafton is a city in, and county seat of, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 5,489 at the 2000 census. The only two national cemeteries in West Virginia are located in Grafton. Mother's Day was founded in Grafton on May 10, 1908; the city is the home to the International Mother's...

 where he became an expert cornet

Cornet

The cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett or cornetto.-History:The cornet was...

 player and went upon the road with a theatrical company, later taking charge of a band at Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Mount Pleasant, Iowa

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, for three years and at Burlington, Iowa

Burlington, Iowa

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, for one year. In 1891 he moved to Oskaloosa, Iowa

Oskaloosa, Iowa

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 and took charge of the Iowa Brigade Band, of which he was leader for fifteen years.

In 1888, he had begun publishing music for bands, orchestras and miscellaneous musical organizations. He entered upon this work at Mount Pleasant and continued in the business in Burlington and Oskaloosa. He had a well-equipped printing plant and conducted a successful business. He also sold his own compositions and his arrangements of music are for bands and orchestras.

In 1886, he was married to Miss Josephine B. Scott, who was born in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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in 1868 and was a daughter of J. H. and Mary E. (Hare) Scott. They had four children: Jamie M., Lloyd, Dorothy, and Irene.