Ephraim RUEBUSH

                   OCCUPATION: Bookbinder Reubush-Kieffer, Dayton, VA

SOURCE: Fretz, "Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck";
Gary M Gloyd, Article "A Joseph Funk Legacy: The Ephraim RuebushFamily";
1991; Harrisonburg-Rockingham Hist. Soc. Newletter Vol 12, No. 4

EDUCATION:  After the Civil War, Ed attended school in Singers Glen.When he
was 16 in 1878 and the family moved to Dayton, he attended theShenandoah
Seminary.

RESIDENCE: Except for several years spent in Indiana, he spent most ofhis life
in Dayton, VA.  He and Dora raised their family on High Street.

OCCUPATION:  Ed devoted most of his life to the Ruebush-KiefferCompany.  At
one time he was manager of the binding department, and later he servedin the
mailing department.

RELIGIOUN:  Ed was a devoted member of the Dayton United BrethrenChurch.

MISCELLANEOUS:  He was an avid outdoorsman, never missing anopportunity to
hunt or fish.
                  

                   BIOGRAPHY:  Fretz, "Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck" p.298  and
Gary M Gloyd, Article "A Joseph Funk Legacy: The Ephraim RuebushFamily";
1991; Harrisonburg-Rockingham Hist. Soc. Newletter Vol 12, No. 4
                  

                   MISCELLANEOUS:  Married by Reverend Byron H. Dement.

EDUCATION:  Shenandoah Institute, Dayton, VA.

SOURCE:  Fretz, "Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck" p.298
-Gary M Gloyd, Gaithersburg, MD
                  

                   OCCUPATION:  Faculty member of the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music.Served one
term in Virginia House of Delegates.  Composed music for the collegetune "Old
Virginia", and wrote the Alma Mater for Tulane University.  Armybandsman,
directed the 116th Infantry band during WW2.  Composer and banddirector.
Photos of William Howe Ruebush and Ephriam Ruebush donated by GaryGloyd to
Harrison-Rockingham Historical Societ, Dayton, VA.

SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck andOther Funck
Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co,1899;
Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA
-Gary M Gloyd, "A Joseph Funk Legacy: The Ephraim Ruebush Family";1991;
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Hist. Soc. Newletter Vol 13, No. 4
-Harrisonburg-Rockingham Histroical Society Newsletter Vol 13, No.3.
                  

                   NAME:  According to the Ephraim Ruebush family bible record, "the K inAnna K.
Ruebush's name stands for Kirkpatrick." (Gloyd)

SOURCES: Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck andOther Funck
Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co,1899;
Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA, p.300.
-Gary M Gloyd, Gaithersburg, MD
                  

                   SOURCES:Rev A.J. Fretz, A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck andOther Funck
Pioneers;1709-1899; 1709-1899 ; Elkhart, IN, Mennonite Publishing Co,1899;
Reprint, Higginson Book Co, Salem, MA ; p.300.
- Gary M Gloyd, "A Joseph Funk Legacy: The Ephraim Ruebush Family";
1991; Harrisonburg-Rockingham Hist. Soc. Newletter Vol 12, No. 4
-John W. Wayland, Men of Mark and Representative Citzens ofHarrisonburg &
Rockingham County, Virginia, 1943, McClure Co, Staunton VA, availableHist.Lib.
Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, VA

OCCUPATION: Historian, Publisher, book collector of Virginiana.

RELIGION:  "lifelong member of the Dayton EUB (Evangelical UnitedBrethern?)
Church and taught in the Sunday School department for 40 years."(Obituary)