Barb, I have Delbert Dawson in my family file. According to the 1910, 1920, 1930 census, he was married to May B. who would have been born about 1871. In 1930, a Liza J. Rankin, age 88, is listed as Delbert's mother-in-law. That would make her birthdate around 1842. If this is Eliza Jane Davis Todd born 1812, she would have been 105. So...I'm confused. Obviously, you're thinking that May B. is Mabel Todd. The birth year fits, and the 1930 census says Delbert Dawson was her second marriage. But how do you explain Liza J. Rankin? Rankin may have been the name of a second husband, but her age doesn't fit to be Eliza J. Davis Todd. Could you have typed the wrong birth year for Eliza J.Davis Todd? 1825 would make her too old to be the mother of the children you listed. Like you, I can't find Delbert Dawson in 1900. Susan