Daniel E. Kelley

Daniel E. Kelley

Daniel E. Kelley (Rhode Island, Feb. 1845 – Iowa, 1905) was a musician and entertainer, who after moving to Kansas in 1872, wrote the music for "Home on the Range", which became the state song. Kelley played violin with his brothers-in-law in the Harlan Brothers Band, but was primarily a carpenter by trade. He married Mary E. Harlan in Kansas and they had four children. He moved to Iowa in 1889 and committed suicide there in 1905. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.

References

• Coder, James. "'Home on the Range' lives on through the legacy of Kansas". The Topeka Capital-Journal. http://www.cjonline.com/stories/011201/ksp_coder12.shtml. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 

• Daniel E. Kelley (1845–1905) Tombstone, Fairview Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa. A recent plaque attached to the stone identifies him as the composer of "Home on the Range".

• Kansas Heritage Site - Harlan Family, http://www.kansasheritage.org/kssights/home/harlan.htm#marye, retrieved 2010-04-11 

• Kansas Heritage Site - "Home on the Range", http://www.kansasheritage.org/kssights/range.htm, retrieved 2010-04-11 

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Name	Kelley, Daniel E.
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Date of birth	1843
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Date of death	1905
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