1. Stephen Collins Foster Born: July 4, 1826 Lawrenceville, Pennsylavania

2. Stephen Collins Foster Parents Name: William Barclay Foster Eliza Clayland Tomlison Foster

3. Stephen Collins Foster Siblings: Nine Siblings in the Foster family Two siblings died

4. Stephen Collins Foster Schooling: Athens Academy Washington-Jefferson College

5. Stephen Collins Foster Jobs: -Bookkeeper for his brother Dunning's steamship firm in Cincinnati -Composer

6. 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

7. Stephen Collins Foster Wife’s name/Date Married Jane Denny MacDowell 1850

8. Stephen Collins Foster Children Information: Marion Foster 1851

9. 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

10. 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 -

11. Stephen Collins Foster Wars During his life: Civil War Mexican-American War

12. Stephen Collins Foster Famous Compositions: “Oh Susanna” “Camptown Races” “My Old Kentucky Home” “Old Folks at Home”