Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Daisy G Fillenwarth
Age: 3 9/12
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: daughter
Home in 1920: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Address: Third Street
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Fern C (age 14) and Dale G (11)
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T625_492; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 143; Image: 113
Date: 13 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1925 Iowa State Census:
Name: Daisy G Fillenwarth
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birth location: Britt, Iowa
Race: white
Gender: female
Residence county: Hancock
Residence state: Iowa
Locality: Britt
Relation to head of house: daughter
Marital status: single
Highest grade completed: 3
Father: W E Fillenwarth
Father's age: 47
Father's estimated birth year: 1878
Father's birth location: Clayton County, Iowa
Mother: Gladys Fillenwarth
Mother's age: 46
Mother's estimated birth year: 1879
Mother's birth location: Wisconsin
Parents' marriage location: Britt, Iowa
Religion: Protestant
Census date: 1 Jan 1925
Roll: IA1925_1738
Line: 14

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Daisy G Fillenwarth
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1930: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Dale G (age 22)
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: 657; Page: ; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 703.0
Date: 16 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Daisy Fillenwarth
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1940: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Address: 254 3rd Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 3 years
Living on farm: no
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: housework
Has other income of more than $50: no
Siblings living at home: none
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T627_1164; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 41-9
Date: Apr 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Daisy Higdon
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: wife
Home in 1950: Anderson, Madison, Indiana
Address: 521 37th Street
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: keeping house
Census place: Anderson, Madison, Indiana
Date: 8 Apr 1950

Obituary from the "Tribune" of South Bend, Indiana dated 19 Feb 2000:
Daisy G. Higdon
March 21, 1916 - Feb. 17, 2000
Daisy Glenn Higdon, 83, of Filbert Road, Granger, Ind., died in Community Hospital of Bremen at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17.
She was born on March 21, 1916 in Britt, Iowa to Gladys (Bailey) and William E. Fillenwarth, both of whom preceded her in death.
On Nov. 28, 1940 in Britt, as Daisy Glenn Fillenwarth, she married Paul Austin Higdon who survives. Mrs. Higdon is also survived by three daughters, Linda (Larry) Bennett of South Bend, Ind., Joan (Michael) Godfrey of Lakeville, Ind., and Janell (Steve) Miller of Bremen; a son, Ronald (Linda) Higdon of South Bend; eight grandchildren, Janet Smith of Eaton Rapids, Mich., Karon Cason of South Bend, Carol Brooks of South Bend, David Godfrey of West Lafayette, Ind., Diana and Brian Godfrey of Lakeville, Ind., Patrick Higdon of Mishawaka, Ind., and Jeffrey Higdon of Niles, Mich.; and by 12 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Higdon was a baker for Penn High School for 12 years, retiring in 1976. She was a member and past matron of the St. Joseph Chapter #569 of the Order of Eastern Star and was a member of the White Shrine of Jerusalem.
Services for Mrs. Higdon will be at 11 a.m. on Monday in the Welsheimer Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road, South Bend. Rev. Larry Whiteford will conduct the services. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, South Bend.
Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 20, in the funeral home, where an Eastern Star services will be held at 5:30 p.m.
The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation Inc., P.O. Box 44210, 525 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN 46244-0210.

Children:
(1) Linda Gladys Higdon
(2) Ronald Paul Higdon
(3) Joan Kathleen Higdon
(4) Janell Fern Higdon.