This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.garrison/3515.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I forgot to add that Ira Hitsons dath ertificate states that his Mother was Mary Smith. He was born late in 1880, so the 1880 census supports this. Thx, Melissa