Ephraim Ruebush was a music teacher and publisher.

Ephraim Ruebush was born in Churchville, Virginia

Churchville, Virginia

Churchville is a census-designated place in the western part of Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 194. Churchville Elementary School is located there. It is home to the Churchville Public Library, part of the Augusta County Library Branch...

, the son of John Ruebush and Mary Huffman. In September 1853, Ruebush traveled to Singers Glen, Virginia, to study music and printing under Joseph Funk

Joseph Funk

Joseph Funk was a pioneer American music teacher, publisher, and one of the first American composers.Joseph Funk was born April 6, 1778 , in Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry and Barbara Funk, and a grandson of Bishop Henry Funck...

. He married Lucille Virginia Kieffer on March 28, 1861. With his brother-in-law, Aldine Silliman Kieffer

Aldine Silliman Kieffer

Aldine Silliman Kieffer was a leading 19th century proponent of shape note musical notation, music teacher and publisher....

, he founded the Kieffer-Ruebush music company in Dayton, Virginia

Dayton, Virginia

Dayton is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population is 1,530 as of the 2010 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Dayton is located at...

. This became one of the largest and most influential gospel music

Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....

companies of its day, printing songbooks into the 1940s. He died on September 26, 1924, and is buried in Dayton.

External links

• The Music Books of Ruebush and Kieffer