Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Clarence W Higdon
Age in 1910: 7
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of family: son
Home in 1910: Boone Township, 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 Harold R (8)
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: Clarence Higdon
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: 1903
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: Harold (18) and Paul (6)
Census place: Boone, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T625_492; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 142; Image: 82
Date: 19 Jan 1920

He moved to Paxton in 1922 to work as a mechanic.

Extract from the 1925 Iowa State Census:
Name: Clarence W Higdon
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1904
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; $12
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: 27

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Clarence W Higdon
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Loda, Iroquois, Illinois
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 20
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: rents; $8
Owned a radio: no
Occupation: mechanic
Industry: auto garage
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Loda, Iroquois, Illinois; Roll: 520; Page: ; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 262.0
Date: 2 Apr 1930

Extract from U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Clarence Wilbur Higdon
Age: 38
Birth date: 18 Mar 1903
Birth place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Race: white
Residence: 945 East Pells, Paxton, Ford, Illinois
Mailing address: same
Telephone: Paxton 456
Name of person who will always know your address: Mrs Margaret Irene Higdon
Relationship: not listed
Address of that person: 945 East Pells, Paxton, Illinois
Employer: self - garage
Place of employment: 121 South Railroad, Paxton, Ford, Illinois
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Weight: 142
Eyes: blue
Hair: black
Complexion: dark
Other characteristics: none
Registration date: 16 Feb 1942

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Clarence Higdon
Age: 47
Estimated birth year: 1903
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Paxton, Ford, Illinois
Address: 225 East State
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: mechanic
Industry: garage
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 72
Class of worker: own business
Census place: Paxton, Ford, Illinois
Date: 12 Apr 1950

Article from the "News Tribune" of Britt, Iowa dated 1 Sep 1954:
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Higdon, of Paxton, Ill., visited in Britt, Hobo Day.

He married Margaret Irene Dale 10 May 1941 in Louisiana, Pike, Missouri.