stephen collins foster born: july 4, 1826 lawrenceville, pennsylavania
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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”
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