Horace was born in 1861. He passed away in 1948. He may have been born in Indiana according to a few censuses.
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3JL-XJG : 27 December 2014), Horace Higginson in entry for Higginson, 13 Dec 1916; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,530,924.
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK2-G1Y : 4 November 2017), Horace Higginson in entry for Jewell Reeves and Bernice Higginson, 02 Jan 1935; citing Edwards, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,401,781.
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK2-XR2 : 4 November 2017), H.I. Higginson in entry for Irvin O. Higginson and Nina Nottingham, 10 Jul 1917; citing Edwards, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,401,780.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3MT-R3P : accessed 17 February 2018), Horace I Higginson, Compton, Wabash, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 3A, line 49, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 565; FHL microfilm 2,340,300.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW89-YFK : accessed 17 February 2018), Horace Higginson, Cowling, Compton Election Precinct, Wabash, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-5, sheet 5B, line 77, family 117, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 900.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK16-9YJN : 15 December 2015), Horace I. Higginson, 1948; Burial, Cowling, Wabash, Illinois, United States of America, Antioch Cemetery; citing record ID 141459730, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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