George Botsford (February 24, 1874 – February 1, 1949) was an American composer of ragtime and other forms of music.
Buildings that housed sheet music publishers on Tin Pan Alley Botsford was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, but grew up mostly in Clermont, Iowa. He married singer Della Mae Wilson, and in 1900, they began touring with the Hoyle Stock Company troupe. An ad promoting Botsford and his wife as musicians appeared in the New York Clipper in 1901, which may indicate the first time that Botsford visited New York City.

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