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Dr. Higley married five times and fathered several children. [6] [8] 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.
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Dr. Brewster M. Higley VI, originally of Rutland, Ohio, was an otolaryngologist who moved from Indiana to Smith County in 1871 under the Homestead Act. at first Higley lived in a one-room dugout on his homestead 14 miles northwest of Smith Center, where he soon became a county officer.
Dr. Higley was an intelligent surgeon of good repute and a true romantic. His personal life was one of great joy and tremendous tragedies. Being a romantic he loved female companionship evidenced by his being married five times.
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Brewster M. Higley (also spelled Highley) [2] [3] of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873, [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] with at least one source indicating it was written as early as 1871. [1] On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" became the Kansas state song. [9]
Jan 23, 2022 · When he married a fourth woman, Mercy Ann McPherson, a widow with a young son, the union apparently proved so disagreeable (possibly for both parties) that he sent his own two children to live with relatives in Illinois and left, secretly, for Kansas.
