William Howe RUEBUSH

                   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.