musician, composer, b. Albany, N.Y. He attended Albany Academy and studied piano and composition. In 1849 he moved to Milwaukee, and for a time taught music. In 1851 he became a partner in the city's only music store, and for a number of years was a leader in promoting musical societies in Milwaukee. He published music, was editor and publisher of the magazine Musical Echo, and had a wide reputation as a composer of band music, his best known work being "The Light Guard Quickstep" (1859). In 1864 he moved to Chicago, and later settled in Kasson, Minn., where he taught music until his death. J. S. Buck, Milwaukee under the Charter (2 vols., Milwaukee, 1884-1886); U.S. Biog. Dict. ... Wis. (Chicago, 1877); Milwaukee Sentinel, Dec. 23, 1898.

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