Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-11-01
LIFE and MUSIC OF
STEPHEN C.F0STER
By MARY 10 FORSELL,

Inc Fosters third child, born in
1872, was also named Ann Eliza
She lived with Charlotte for awhile
IN Louisville, where Charlotte re-
ported that her young sister had
many admirers. An Episcopal
minister, Edward Buchanan, broth
er OF James Buchanan, was the
one to claim her for his wife. The
Buchanans and their family of
eight lived happily together. Ann
Eliza lived to be seventy-nine.
Eliza Fosters fourth child was
born in 1914, and named William
Barclay, Junior. This baby died
one year later.
In 1916, there was another child
born, Henry Baldwin Foster. Hen
ry was quite socially minded and
was easily imposed upon. In spite
of his many love affairs, he didn't
marry until he was thirty-one. His
wife was Mary Burgess. The Fos-
ter family was always concerned
about Henry's health, fearing that
he had consumption. Their worries
proved to be groundless for he
died unexpectedly in a tragic fire.
Lightning struck the Eclipse Oil
Works in 1870, exploded the oil
tanks and set fire to the factory
in which Henry was employed.
The Fosters sixth child was
Henrietta Angelica Foster, born in
1918. Henrietta was close to Ste
phen and was more of an influence
on his early life than Ann Eliza
She was clever and witty and de-
voutly interested in religion, all
most fanatic on the subject. She
married Thomas Wick in 1886 and
they had a family of three, when
he died in 1912 In 1S47, she mar
ried second husband, Jesse
Thornton. Her family increased
in number to seven. Henrietta died
at the age of sixty.
Dunning Foster was born in
1921. When he was boy he
worked in book store, and as a
clerk on steamboat. In 1916, he
entered the merchandising firm of
Irwin and Foster. Dunning served
in the Mexican War and, although |
he was not wounded, he returned
in poor health. He died in 1856 |
from consumption.
Morrison Foster was the next
child in the family. He was born
in 1923. Morrison was closely as
ISOLATED with his brother Stephen !
and has contributed greatly to the
information known about Stephen
Foster Morrison worked as a
buyer on river boats and was gen
eral manager for the Pennsylvania
Cotton Mills. At one time he con-
templated going to California in
search of gold. In 1857 he resigned
from the Cotton Mill to go to Phil
adelphia. and then to Cleveland
Morrison married Jessie Lightner
in 1850. and they lived happily
until her death in 1882. After
several years he remarked. His
wife was the former Rebecca
Snowden. Morrison entered the
iron and steel business in Cleve-
land. He returned to Pittsburgh
in 1869 and operated his own coal
mines located in Ohio. He retired
3 few years before his death in
1904.
Stephen Foster had one younger
brother James, born in 1929. This
baby died when he was year old,
Stephen really the baby of
the family.
Another member of the Foster
family was William Foster, Jr.. an ,
adopted child, who joined the fam
lily soon after the death of William G
Barclay Foster, Jr., in 1915 He ,
was relative of William. Sr.. and ,
became the eldest son in the fam !
lily. He achieved success as a sur ,
veyor and engineer. At the time I
of his death, in 1860. he was Vice I
President of the Pennsylvania I
Railroad. He aided the family in !
every way he could. His marriage l
TO Mary Wick in 1887 was termin- 7
ated by her death a year later
Eliza, his stepmother. was worried 6