This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DEEDS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kNB.2ACI/1943 Message Board Post: I am trying to determine the biological parentage of Ira Deeds as I have seen him referenced as everything from a step-son to step-grandson of one Zachariah Hines-Ursula (Harrington) (Stufflebeam) Hines in various Sullivan Co.,Mo and Texas Co., Mo federal census'.I know according to the dates listed on his tombstone in Big Creek Cem.,Texas Co.,Mo.he was born on 29 Jan.,1873 and died on 11 Jan.,1950. The census' I have seen list his birthplace as the state of Iowa. IF an obit was published in any of the local newspapers I would GREATLY appreeciate a copy.Should one be found please contact me privately and I will send my regular mail address to you. There is NO record of any Deeds related obits or marriages in neighboring Pulaski Co.,Mo even though the Mo Death Certificate Database indicated Ira died there.