About
Best known for composing the song Home! Sweet Home! Most of his success was in London.
Before Fame
He started a paper called The Pastime while he was a student at Union College.
Trivia
He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Family Life
He grew up with eight siblings.
Associated With
He was appointed as the American Consul in Tunis by former President John Tyler in 1842.
