Hello - I am looking for information on 2 separate families in Dodge Co. My g-g-grandmother, Caroline "Carrie" Jane HAYDEN was born in Dodge Co. July 9, 1862. She was the daughter of Ellen Unknown and Unknown HAYDEN. Ellen was from Norway and it is unknown which surname she used once she arrived in the US. It is thought that HAYDEN was named James, but to date every James HAYDEN I've researched either was not in Dodge Co. or was not the husband/father to these 2 women. Samuel DALE was from Ireland and married to a Matilda. They are in the 1860 census with 3 children. They had at least one more daughter named Sarah DALE who was born in 1866. Some time after 1866, Samuel DALE married the Ellen Unknown who had been married to HAYDEN. By 1880 Ellen, Sam, Sarah and Carrie show up in the Federal census of Richland Co. with a notation that Carrie is the stepdaughter. I am trying to find families with connections to either DALE or HAYDEN from Dodge Co. HAYDEN may have been in Vernon (Bad Ax) County in 1856, as that is when/where the brother of Carrie was born. Thanks to anyone with info which may help me crack this brick wall. Gena Dallas, TX