Stephen Collins Foster

Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
1826/07/04	Eliza Clayland Tomlinson Foster, wife of William Barclay Foster, gives birth to a son, Stephen Collins Foster in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.	Born		Lawrenceville	Pennsylvania
1852/00/00	Stephen Foster writes "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!" an anti-slavery ballad likely inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and his cousin Rowan's Federal Hill estate he visited often.	Songwriter		My Old Kentucky Home, Federal Hill	Bardstown, KY
1864/01/10	Stephen Foster becomes ill at The Bowery Hotel (33-35 Bowery, razed) and falls, cutting his neck.	Health		Chinatown
1864/01/13	Stephen C Foster dies in Bellevue Hospital (lost), NYC. He is buried in the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.	Died		Allegheny Cemetery	Pittsburgh
1921/05/08	The Louisville Courier-Journal reports the victory of the Kentucky-owned and bred Behave Yourself "To the strains of 'My Old Kentucky Home,' Kentuckians gave vent their delight. For Kentucky triumphed in the Derby."	Songwriter		Churchill Downs	Louisville, KY
1936/05/02	Since 1936, with only a few exceptions, "My Old Kentucky Home," by Stephen Foster has been performed by the University of Louisville Marching Band as the horses make their way from the paddock to the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby.	Songwriter		Churchill Downs	Louisville, KY