Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Harold R Higdon
Age in 1910: 8
Estimated birth year: 1902
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: son
Home in 1910: Boone, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Illinois
Mother's birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Gerald B (age 13) and Clarence W (5)
Census place: Boone, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T624_393; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 129; Image: 280
Date: 15 Apr 1910

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Harold Higdon
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: 1902
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Boone, Hancock, Iowa
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Illinois
Mother's birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Clarence (age 17) and Paul (6)
Census place: Boone, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T625_492; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 142; Image: 82
Date: 19 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1925 Iowa State Census:
Name: H R Higdon
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: 1902
Birth location: Britt, Iowa
Race: white
Gender: male
Residence county: Hancock
Residence state: Iowa
Locality: Britt
Relation to head of house: head
Marital status: married
Highest grade completed: 10
Rent/home value: rented; $10
Father: Shotwell Higdon
Father's age: 52
Father's estimated birth year: 1873
Father's birth location: Illinois
Mother: Linda Salström
Mother's age: 50
Mother's estimated birth year: 1875
Mother's birth location: Illinois
Parents' marriage location: Illinois
Religion: Protestant
Census date: 1 Jan 1925
Roll: IA1925_1738
Line: 21

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Harold R Higdon
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: 1902
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 22
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Illinois
Mother's birthplace: Illinois
Military service: no
Rent/home value: owns home; value $950
Owned a radio: no
Occupation: clerk
Industry: billiard hall
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: 657; Page: ; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 688.0
Date: 7 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Harold R Higdon
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: 1902
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Address: 565 4th Street West
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: high school 3 years
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: owned
Value of home: $500
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: carpenter
Industry: Central States Electric Company
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 50
Amount of money wages or salary: $1500
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 60
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T627_1164; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 41-9
Date: Apr 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Harold R Higdon
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: 1902
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Address: 565 Britt Street
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: cabinet making
Industry: carpentry
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 60
Class of worker: own business
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Date: 3 Apr 1950

Obituary from the "Globe-Gazette" of Mason City, Iowa dated 16 Feb 1999:
Britt - Harold "Jim" Raymond Higdon, 97, passed away Saturday (Feb. 13, 1999) at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church, Britt, with the Rev. Dave Higdon and the Rev. Robert Dodge officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Britt.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Ewing Funeral Chapel, Britt, and will resume one hour prior to services at the church Wednesday.
Harold, the son of Shotwell and Malinda Salstrom Higdon, was born Sept. 6, 1901, on a farm near Stilson, Iowa, in Hancock County. He attended Boone Township Country School, Britt Community High School and Iowa State University in Ames.
Harold was united in marriage with Minnie Fox on March 22, 1924. Following their marriage the couple made their home in Britt where Harold was a carpenter for many years. Harold took great pride in making fine cabinets and enjoyed flying his own airplane. In the early 1900s, he erected windmills on area farms; many of these windmills are still standing. He was a very knowledgeable, self-educated man.
Harold joined the Odd Fellows in 1922 and served as president of the Britt Community School Board from 1948 until 1952.
Harold is survived by four daughters, Marian Dingman and her husband, George, of Eden Prairie, Minn., LaVon Larson and her husband, Arvin, of Wesley, Iowa, Carmen Mower and her husband, Gene, of Chippewa Falls, Wis., and Shirley Nussbaum and her husband, Joe, of Corsicana, Texas; two sons, James and his wife Esther, of Britt, and Charles and his wife, Mavis, of Redding, Calif.; 17 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Paul and his wife, Daisy, of Granger, Ind.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Minnie, on April 16, 1995; one infant son; and two brothers.
Ewing Funeral Chapel 515-843-3839.

He married Minnie Ellen Fox 22 Mar 1924 in Britt, Hancock, Iowa.