Father: Matthew Goslin b. 30 Jul 1860 in Dublin, County Kildare, Ireland d. 19 Aug 1919 in Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Mother: Alta Louise Sigstad b. 9 Nov 1863 in Black Hawk, Iowa d. 18 Sep 1942 in Clarion, Wright, Iowa.
Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age at last birthday: 1
Date of birth: Jan 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Relationship to head-of-house: son
Parents: Matt and Allie G Goslin, ages 39 and 36
Home in 1900: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Father's occupation: carpenter
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Reuben (age 13), Rudolph (13), Maude (11), Clifford (9), and Caryl (8)
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T623 468; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 160
Date: 19 Jun 1900
Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age in 1910: 11
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: son
Parents: Mathew and Alta Goslin, ages 49 and 46
Home in 1910: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Father's occupation: carpenter
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Rudolph (age 23), Ruben (23), Maud (21), Clifford (19), Caryl (19), Mathew (9)
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T624_430; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 188; Image: 702
Date: 25 Apr 1910
Extract from World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Harley Glendore Goslin
City: not stated
County: Wright
State: Iowa
Birth date: 9 Jan 1899
Race: white
Roll: 1643419
Draft board: 0
Address: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Occupation: deputy clerk, district court
Employer: Wright County
Where employed: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Nearest relative: Matthew Goslin
Address: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Age: 19
Height: tall
Build: medium
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Date: 12 Sep 1918
Extract from Wright County Iowa Soldiers who Served in World War I
compiled by Sarah Thorson Little:
Rank: private
Name: Harley G Goslin
Page: 27
Date of birth: 9 Jan 1899
Place of birth: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Parents: Matt & Allie Goslin
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: 1900
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Parent: Alta Goslin, age 56
Home in 1920: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Address: Main Street
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: deputy
Type of industry: district clerk
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 201; Image: 633
Date: 7 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: 1900
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 2036 Patterson Street
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 24
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: United States [sic]
Mother's birthplace: United States
Military service: yes; world war
Rent/home value: rents; $36
Owned a radio: yes
Occupation: abstractor
Industry: abstract office
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 690; Page: ; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 940.0
Date: 8 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Harley G Goslin
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 3128 Dearborn Boulevard
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: college 1 year
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: owned
Value of home: $5000
Place of residence in 1935: same house
City of residence in 1935: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: abstractor
Industry: abstract office
Salary or wage worker: employer
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $0
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 44
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T627_1214; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 97-42
Date: 13 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Harley G Goslin
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 3128 Dearborn
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: owner
Industry: abstract and title firm
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 44
Class of worker: own business
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Date: 7 Apr 1950
Article from the "Wright County Monitor" of Clarion, Iowa dated 27 May 1965:
Class of 1915 Plans Reunion
Members of the class of 1915 are planning a reunion in observance of their 50th year since graduation from high school. They were the first class to graduate from the present High School building, which was built that year.
Thirteen members of the class of twenty students are still living and are making plans to attend the event. They are Bernice Trowbridge Payne, Ruby Hill Woodin, Marie Turk Radohl, Louise Linebarger, Gladys Hanson Blackman, and Harold Hoyt, all of Clarion; Lena Draheim Stover, Alden; Burton Bjelland, Remsen; Chrissie Sellers Johnson, Kanahwa; Jesse Mechem Goslin, Fort Dodge; D. Lisle Thomas, Nevada; Dulcie Hughes Mayland, Minnesota, and Harley Goslin, Sioux City.
Obituary from the "Journal" of Sioux City, Iowa dated 25 Jan 1973:
Harley G. Goslin
Harley G. Goslin, 74, 4024 Forest View Ave., a Sioux City abstractor, died Wednesday at a Sioux City hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Goslin was an abstractor for Talley Harvey & Co., and previously for the Sedgwick Abstract Co. He joined the Talley Harvey firm around 1929.
He was born Jan. 9, 1899, at Clarion, Iowa. He married Beatrice Lou Bailey at Minneapolis Feb. 3, 1923. He moved to Sioux City in 1925 and had lived here since. Mrs. Goslin died in Sioux City Oct. 19, 1968.
He was a member of the Kiwanis club, Tyrian Lodge 508 AF&AM, the Sioux City Consistory, Abu Bekr Shrine Temple, and the High Twelve Club.
Survivors are three nieces and four nephews
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Heaton-Wescott funeral home. The Rev. William F. Skinner, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Maurice Stephenson, Miles Cronk, Don W. Thompson, Leon Harbeck, Ralph Morin and Lewis Schmidt.
He married Beatrice Lou Bailey 4 Feb 1923 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
Mother: Alta Louise Sigstad b. 9 Nov 1863 in Black Hawk, Iowa d. 18 Sep 1942 in Clarion, Wright, Iowa.
Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age at last birthday: 1
Date of birth: Jan 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Relationship to head-of-house: son
Parents: Matt and Allie G Goslin, ages 39 and 36
Home in 1900: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Father's occupation: carpenter
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Reuben (age 13), Rudolph (13), Maude (11), Clifford (9), and Caryl (8)
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T623 468; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 160
Date: 19 Jun 1900
Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age in 1910: 11
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: son
Parents: Mathew and Alta Goslin, ages 49 and 46
Home in 1910: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Father's occupation: carpenter
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Rudolph (age 23), Ruben (23), Maud (21), Clifford (19), Caryl (19), Mathew (9)
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T624_430; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 188; Image: 702
Date: 25 Apr 1910
Extract from World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Harley Glendore Goslin
City: not stated
County: Wright
State: Iowa
Birth date: 9 Jan 1899
Race: white
Roll: 1643419
Draft board: 0
Address: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Occupation: deputy clerk, district court
Employer: Wright County
Where employed: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Nearest relative: Matthew Goslin
Address: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Age: 19
Height: tall
Build: medium
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Date: 12 Sep 1918
Extract from Wright County Iowa Soldiers who Served in World War I
compiled by Sarah Thorson Little:
Rank: private
Name: Harley G Goslin
Page: 27
Date of birth: 9 Jan 1899
Place of birth: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Parents: Matt & Allie Goslin
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: 1900
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Parent: Alta Goslin, age 56
Home in 1920: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Address: Main Street
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: deputy
Type of industry: district clerk
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 201; Image: 633
Date: 7 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: 1900
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 2036 Patterson Street
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 24
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: United States [sic]
Mother's birthplace: United States
Military service: yes; world war
Rent/home value: rents; $36
Owned a radio: yes
Occupation: abstractor
Industry: abstract office
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 690; Page: ; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 940.0
Date: 8 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Harley G Goslin
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 3128 Dearborn Boulevard
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: college 1 year
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: owned
Value of home: $5000
Place of residence in 1935: same house
City of residence in 1935: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: abstractor
Industry: abstract office
Salary or wage worker: employer
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $0
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 44
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T627_1214; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 97-42
Date: 13 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Harley G Goslin
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 3128 Dearborn
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: owner
Industry: abstract and title firm
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 44
Class of worker: own business
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Date: 7 Apr 1950
Article from the "Wright County Monitor" of Clarion, Iowa dated 27 May 1965:
Class of 1915 Plans Reunion
Members of the class of 1915 are planning a reunion in observance of their 50th year since graduation from high school. They were the first class to graduate from the present High School building, which was built that year.
Thirteen members of the class of twenty students are still living and are making plans to attend the event. They are Bernice Trowbridge Payne, Ruby Hill Woodin, Marie Turk Radohl, Louise Linebarger, Gladys Hanson Blackman, and Harold Hoyt, all of Clarion; Lena Draheim Stover, Alden; Burton Bjelland, Remsen; Chrissie Sellers Johnson, Kanahwa; Jesse Mechem Goslin, Fort Dodge; D. Lisle Thomas, Nevada; Dulcie Hughes Mayland, Minnesota, and Harley Goslin, Sioux City.
Obituary from the "Journal" of Sioux City, Iowa dated 25 Jan 1973:
Harley G. Goslin
Harley G. Goslin, 74, 4024 Forest View Ave., a Sioux City abstractor, died Wednesday at a Sioux City hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Goslin was an abstractor for Talley Harvey & Co., and previously for the Sedgwick Abstract Co. He joined the Talley Harvey firm around 1929.
He was born Jan. 9, 1899, at Clarion, Iowa. He married Beatrice Lou Bailey at Minneapolis Feb. 3, 1923. He moved to Sioux City in 1925 and had lived here since. Mrs. Goslin died in Sioux City Oct. 19, 1968.
He was a member of the Kiwanis club, Tyrian Lodge 508 AF&AM, the Sioux City Consistory, Abu Bekr Shrine Temple, and the High Twelve Club.
Survivors are three nieces and four nephews
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Heaton-Wescott funeral home. The Rev. William F. Skinner, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Maurice Stephenson, Miles Cronk, Don W. Thompson, Leon Harbeck, Ralph Morin and Lewis Schmidt.
He married Beatrice Lou Bailey 4 Feb 1923 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
Father: Matthew Goslin b. 30 Jul 1860 in Dublin, County Kildare, Ireland d. 19 Aug 1919 in Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Mother: Alta Louise Sigstad b. 9 Nov 1863 in Black Hawk, Iowa d. 18 Sep 1942 in Clarion, Wright, Iowa.
Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age at last birthday: 1
Date of birth: Jan 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Relationship to head-of-house: son
Parents: Matt and Allie G Goslin, ages 39 and 36
Home in 1900: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Father's occupation: carpenter
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Reuben (age 13), Rudolph (13), Maude (11), Clifford (9), and Caryl (8)
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T623 468; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 160
Date: 19 Jun 1900
Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age in 1910: 11
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: son
Parents: Mathew and Alta Goslin, ages 49 and 46
Home in 1910: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Father's occupation: carpenter
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Rudolph (age 23), Ruben (23), Maud (21), Clifford (19), Caryl (19), Mathew (9)
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T624_430; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 188; Image: 702
Date: 25 Apr 1910
Extract from World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Harley Glendore Goslin
City: not stated
County: Wright
State: Iowa
Birth date: 9 Jan 1899
Race: white
Roll: 1643419
Draft board: 0
Address: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Occupation: deputy clerk, district court
Employer: Wright County
Where employed: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Nearest relative: Matthew Goslin
Address: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Age: 19
Height: tall
Build: medium
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Date: 12 Sep 1918
Extract from Wright County Iowa Soldiers who Served in World War I
compiled by Sarah Thorson Little:
Rank: private
Name: Harley G Goslin
Page: 27
Date of birth: 9 Jan 1899
Place of birth: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Parents: Matt & Allie Goslin
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: 1900
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Parent: Alta Goslin, age 56
Home in 1920: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Address: Main Street
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: deputy
Type of industry: district clerk
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 201; Image: 633
Date: 7 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: 1900
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 2036 Patterson Street
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 24
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: United States [sic]
Mother's birthplace: United States
Military service: yes; world war
Rent/home value: rents; $36
Owned a radio: yes
Occupation: abstractor
Industry: abstract office
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 690; Page: ; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 940.0
Date: 8 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Harley G Goslin
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 3128 Dearborn Boulevard
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: college 1 year
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: owned
Value of home: $5000
Place of residence in 1935: same house
City of residence in 1935: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: abstractor
Industry: abstract office
Salary or wage worker: employer
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $0
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 44
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T627_1214; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 97-42
Date: 13 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Harley G Goslin
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 3128 Dearborn
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: owner
Industry: abstract and title firm
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 44
Class of worker: own business
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Date: 7 Apr 1950
Article from the "Wright County Monitor" of Clarion, Iowa dated 27 May 1965:
Class of 1915 Plans Reunion
Members of the class of 1915 are planning a reunion in observance of their 50th year since graduation from high school. They were the first class to graduate from the present High School building, which was built that year.
Thirteen members of the class of twenty students are still living and are making plans to attend the event. They are Bernice Trowbridge Payne, Ruby Hill Woodin, Marie Turk Radohl, Louise Linebarger, Gladys Hanson Blackman, and Harold Hoyt, all of Clarion; Lena Draheim Stover, Alden; Burton Bjelland, Remsen; Chrissie Sellers Johnson, Kanahwa; Jesse Mechem Goslin, Fort Dodge; D. Lisle Thomas, Nevada; Dulcie Hughes Mayland, Minnesota, and Harley Goslin, Sioux City.
Obituary from the "Journal" of Sioux City, Iowa dated 25 Jan 1973:
Harley G. Goslin
Harley G. Goslin, 74, 4024 Forest View Ave., a Sioux City abstractor, died Wednesday at a Sioux City hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Goslin was an abstractor for Talley Harvey & Co., and previously for the Sedgwick Abstract Co. He joined the Talley Harvey firm around 1929.
He was born Jan. 9, 1899, at Clarion, Iowa. He married Beatrice Lou Bailey at Minneapolis Feb. 3, 1923. He moved to Sioux City in 1925 and had lived here since. Mrs. Goslin died in Sioux City Oct. 19, 1968.
He was a member of the Kiwanis club, Tyrian Lodge 508 AF&AM, the Sioux City Consistory, Abu Bekr Shrine Temple, and the High Twelve Club.
Survivors are three nieces and four nephews
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Heaton-Wescott funeral home. The Rev. William F. Skinner, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Maurice Stephenson, Miles Cronk, Don W. Thompson, Leon Harbeck, Ralph Morin and Lewis Schmidt.
He married Beatrice Lou Bailey 4 Feb 1923 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
Mother: Alta Louise Sigstad b. 9 Nov 1863 in Black Hawk, Iowa d. 18 Sep 1942 in Clarion, Wright, Iowa.
Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age at last birthday: 1
Date of birth: Jan 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Relationship to head-of-house: son
Parents: Matt and Allie G Goslin, ages 39 and 36
Home in 1900: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Father's occupation: carpenter
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Reuben (age 13), Rudolph (13), Maude (11), Clifford (9), and Caryl (8)
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T623 468; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 160
Date: 19 Jun 1900
Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age in 1910: 11
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: son
Parents: Mathew and Alta Goslin, ages 49 and 46
Home in 1910: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Father's occupation: carpenter
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Rudolph (age 23), Ruben (23), Maud (21), Clifford (19), Caryl (19), Mathew (9)
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T624_430; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 188; Image: 702
Date: 25 Apr 1910
Extract from World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Harley Glendore Goslin
City: not stated
County: Wright
State: Iowa
Birth date: 9 Jan 1899
Race: white
Roll: 1643419
Draft board: 0
Address: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Occupation: deputy clerk, district court
Employer: Wright County
Where employed: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Nearest relative: Matthew Goslin
Address: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Age: 19
Height: tall
Build: medium
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Date: 12 Sep 1918
Extract from Wright County Iowa Soldiers who Served in World War I
compiled by Sarah Thorson Little:
Rank: private
Name: Harley G Goslin
Page: 27
Date of birth: 9 Jan 1899
Place of birth: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Parents: Matt & Allie Goslin
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: 1900
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Parent: Alta Goslin, age 56
Home in 1920: Clarion, Wright, Iowa
Address: Main Street
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: deputy
Type of industry: district clerk
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 201; Image: 633
Date: 7 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Harley Goslin
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: 1900
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 2036 Patterson Street
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 24
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: United States [sic]
Mother's birthplace: United States
Military service: yes; world war
Rent/home value: rents; $36
Owned a radio: yes
Occupation: abstractor
Industry: abstract office
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 690; Page: ; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 940.0
Date: 8 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Harley G Goslin
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 3128 Dearborn Boulevard
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: college 1 year
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: owned
Value of home: $5000
Place of residence in 1935: same house
City of residence in 1935: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: abstractor
Industry: abstract office
Salary or wage worker: employer
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $0
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 44
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T627_1214; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 97-42
Date: 13 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Harley G Goslin
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Address: 3128 Dearborn
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: owner
Industry: abstract and title firm
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 44
Class of worker: own business
Census place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Date: 7 Apr 1950
Article from the "Wright County Monitor" of Clarion, Iowa dated 27 May 1965:
Class of 1915 Plans Reunion
Members of the class of 1915 are planning a reunion in observance of their 50th year since graduation from high school. They were the first class to graduate from the present High School building, which was built that year.
Thirteen members of the class of twenty students are still living and are making plans to attend the event. They are Bernice Trowbridge Payne, Ruby Hill Woodin, Marie Turk Radohl, Louise Linebarger, Gladys Hanson Blackman, and Harold Hoyt, all of Clarion; Lena Draheim Stover, Alden; Burton Bjelland, Remsen; Chrissie Sellers Johnson, Kanahwa; Jesse Mechem Goslin, Fort Dodge; D. Lisle Thomas, Nevada; Dulcie Hughes Mayland, Minnesota, and Harley Goslin, Sioux City.
Obituary from the "Journal" of Sioux City, Iowa dated 25 Jan 1973:
Harley G. Goslin
Harley G. Goslin, 74, 4024 Forest View Ave., a Sioux City abstractor, died Wednesday at a Sioux City hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Goslin was an abstractor for Talley Harvey & Co., and previously for the Sedgwick Abstract Co. He joined the Talley Harvey firm around 1929.
He was born Jan. 9, 1899, at Clarion, Iowa. He married Beatrice Lou Bailey at Minneapolis Feb. 3, 1923. He moved to Sioux City in 1925 and had lived here since. Mrs. Goslin died in Sioux City Oct. 19, 1968.
He was a member of the Kiwanis club, Tyrian Lodge 508 AF&AM, the Sioux City Consistory, Abu Bekr Shrine Temple, and the High Twelve Club.
Survivors are three nieces and four nephews
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Heaton-Wescott funeral home. The Rev. William F. Skinner, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Maurice Stephenson, Miles Cronk, Don W. Thompson, Leon Harbeck, Ralph Morin and Lewis Schmidt.
He married Beatrice Lou Bailey 4 Feb 1923 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
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Harley G.
Goslin
1899 - 1973
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interment date 26 Jan 1973
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