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Daniel E. Kelley (Rhode Island, February 1843 – 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 died of a stroke there in 1905.^{[citation needed]} 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. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
• Daniel E. Kelley (1843–1905, 1905) Tombstone, Fairview Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa. A recent plaque attached to the stone identifies him as the composer of "Home on the Range".
• "Harlan Family", Kansas Heritage Site, archived from the original on 2010-12-05, retrieved 2010-04-11
• "Home on the Range", Kansas Heritage Site, archived from the original on 2010-01-07, retrieved 2010-04-11

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