Born: Ju­ly 4, 1826, Law­rence­burg, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: Jan­u­a­ry 13, 1864, New York Ci­ty.

Foster is best known as a com­pos­er of pop­u­lar music, such as “Su­wan­ee Riv­er” and “My Old Ken­tucky Home.” How­ev­er, his work has al­so been adapt­ed to hymns and Gos­pel songs.

Sources

Music

  1. Friendship with Jesus
  2. Gone from the World
  3. Why Will Ye Wander?