Ragtime pianist and composer. His first rolls were released in September 1913 and his last around 1918.  He was also a prolific composer, some of his more well-known titles including Hot Chocolate Rag (1908), Elephant Rag (1913), and Lobster Glide (1909).

There has been some speculation he also worked for Imperial in Chicago under the name 'Burton Franklin', but the styles are not similar.