Dear Karen and Patricia, I think you just knocked down a brick wall for me. I live in Michigan and went to San Saba last April looking for info my Jackson [Jack} Hillary Dawson. I went to their old home place near San Saba and to Smelser's Cemetery where Jack and several children were buried. But, I didn't learn anything about his family. My great grandmother was Martha Jane Oliver, d/o Andrew Jackson Oliver and Cynthia Jane Faver and I do have her lineage. Well, according to the census 1860 they list Hilery as age 6, and in 1870 Jackson is listed as 16 years. Both would have been born 1854, same year as my Jackson Hillary. He was married about 1874 at age 20. In 1880 he isn't listed with the family. My Jack H. Dawson and Martha are listed in the census together in 1880. in 1890 Martha is a widow with several children. I believe this is my Dawson family. Jack and Martha's children bear the same names as the children in Fielding and Nancy's family. THANKS, THANKS! THANKS! Helynn