1882-1935 US, Portland, Oregon
Composer
Tin Pan Alley lyricist (October 15, 1882, Portland, Oregon – November 17, 1935, Forest Hills, New York). Among his credits are: Beautiful Ohio, Rose of Washington Square, Second Hand Rose, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Back Home Again in Indiana, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Play That Barbershop Chord, Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!, Somebody Loves Me, Bend Down, Sister, Down in Bom Bombay, and On the Mississippi. He was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).