| 词条 | Brewster Higley |
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| name = Brewster Higley VI | image = Brewster Higley VI.jpg | caption = Dr. Brewster M. Higley, late 19th century | birth_date = November 30, 1823 | birth_place = Rutland, Ohio {{flagicon|Ohio}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1911|12|9|1823|11|30}} | death_place = Shawnee, Oklahoma {{flagicon|Oklahoma}} | other_names = | known_for = Wrote the lyrics for "Home on the Range" | occupation = Otolaryngologist }} Brewster Martin Higley VI (November 30, 1823 – December 9, 1911) was an otolaryngologist who became famous for writing "My Western Home." Originally written in 1872 and published under the title "My Western Home" in the Smith County Pioneer in December 1873, this poem later became the original lyrics for the famous American folk song "Home on the Range." Because Higley wrote "Home on the Range" while living in Smith County, Kansas, and because Kansans felt it described their state very well, the Kansas legislature voted to make "Home on the Range" the official state song on April 8, 1947.[1] Early life and medical careerBorn in Rutland, Ohio, the grandson of Rutland's founder Brewster Higley IV,[2][3] Higley VI began studying medicine at La Porte Medical College in La Porte, Indiana at the age of eighteen. After graduating in 1849, he resettled in Pomeroy, Ohio and established his first medical practice.[4] He briefly practiced medicine in Indiana and finally moved to Kansas in 1871 to claim land under the Homestead Act of 1862.[5][6] Family and later lifeDr. Higley married five times and fathered several children.[7] His first three marriages are reported to have ended tragically when his wives succumbed to injury or disease, but there is some dispute whether this was the case with his second wife.[7][8][9] Following the dissolution of his first three marriages, Brewster married Mrs. Mercy Ann McPherson, a widow, on February 28, 1866. The two had a tumultuous relationship, and Dr. Higley felt compelled to leave his children with relatives in Illinois and secretly move away.[7] He found his way to Smith County in 1871 and his marriage to Mrs. McPherson dissolved by default on February 9, 1875. One month later, on March 8, 1875, he married Sarah Clemons, his final wife.[7] Spouses and children
Brewster spent most of his remaining days in Kansas, but died in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1911, where he is buried in [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6810840 Fairview Cemetery]. References1. ^Hoy, Jim; Isern, Tom (October 2003). Home on the Range – A Lesson on our State Song. Emporia State University. Retrieved October 23, 2007. 2. ^Brewster Higley VI in Ohio Historical Markers. Waymarking. Retrieved August 7, 2018. 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.remarkableohio.org/index.php?/category/1048|title=Meigs County / 10-53 Brewster Higley VI (1823-1911) |website=Remarkable Ohio|access-date=August 4, 2018}} 4. ^{{Cite magazine|last=Hibben|first=Jean|date=May 2010|title=Songs of Yesterday: Home on the Range|url=https://www.genealogytoday.com/articles/reader.mv?ID=3415|magazine=GenWeekly|location=New Providence, New Jersey|publisher=Genealogy Today|access-date=August 7, 2018}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/homeontherange|title=Home on the Range|date=April 29, 2002|work=National Public Radio|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809023117/https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/homeontherange|archive-date=August 9, 2012|dead-url=yes}} 6. ^1 2 {{Cite journal|last=Mechem|first=Kirke|date=November 1949|title=The Story of Home on The Range|url=https://esirc.emporia.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/1255/Mechem%20Vol%202%20Num%202.pdf|journal=Kansas Historical Quarterly|volume=17|issue=4|pages=21|access-date=August 4, 2018|via=Emporia State University}} 7. ^1 2 3 Norris, Mary Barr. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121011195027/http://www.kansasheritage.org/kssights/higley.htm Brewster Higley, author of the poem "Home on the Range"]. Kansas Heritage Group. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2018. 8. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://iagenweb.org/state/textdisplay.php?file=/fgs/s/smithda2.txt|title=Iowa Family Group Sheet for the David A. Smith Family|last=Donna|first=Hansen Stene|date=2007|website=RootsWeb.com|via=The IAGenWeb Project|access-date=August 7, 2018}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/brewster-higley/18138|title=Brewster Higley|last=Pierron|first=G. Joseph|date=November 2012|website=Kansapedia|publisher=Kansas Historical Society|access-date=August 4, 2018}} External links
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