For a brief time in the 1850s, this songwriter called Hoboken home--Oh, de doo-da day
$800 answer*: This Hobokenite of... [DOC] [TLE] Stephen Foster - Wikipedia [PAR] Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826  January 13, 1864), known as "the father of 
American music", was an American songwriter primarily known for his parlor and 
minstrel music.