Stephen Collins Foster

Born: July 4, 1826 Lawrenceville, Pennsylavania

Stephen Collins Foster

Parents Name:William Barclay Foster

Eliza Clayland Tomlison Foster

Stephen Collins Foster

Siblings:Nine Siblings in the Foster family

Two siblings died

Stephen Collins Foster

Schooling:Athens Academy

Washington-Jefferson College

Stephen Collins Foster

Jobs:-Bookkeeper for his brother Dunning's steamship firm in Cincinnati-Composer

Stephen Collins Foster

Travels:-A month-long steamship ride to New Orleans with friends, the only trip Stephen ever made to the deep south (he had visited Ohio River towns in Kentucky as a child).-New York

Stephen Collins Foster

Wife’s name/Date MarriedJane Denny MacDowell

1850

Stephen Collins Foster

Children Information:Marion Foster 1851

Stephen Collins Foster

Death Date/Death Location/Cause of Death:-January 13, 1864-New York Theater District Hotel-Due to a fever, Stephen collapsed and gauged his head

Stephen Collins Foster

Who was President?John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln

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Stephen Collins Foster

Wars During his life:Civil War

Mexican-American War

Stephen Collins Foster

Famous Compositions:“Oh Susanna”

“Camptown Races”“My Old Kentucky Home”

“Old Folks at Home”