Sarah Catherine Mae Adcock (1851 - 1926)

Born 12 Sep 1851 in Hardeman County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Robertson — married about 1867 in Tennessee, United States

Wife of William Henry Odom — married 14 Nov 1876 in Jackson County, Tennessee, USA

Died 19 Jul 1926 at age 74 in Lyon County, Kentucky, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: L Adcox [send private message]

Biography

Sarah Catherine Mae Adcock, daughter of Isaac Adcock and Mary Ann Davis

MIDDLE NAME:

Middle initial is "C" on census in 1870, 1880, 1910.

Middle name Catherine, per her son Lee’s death certificate.

Middle name Margaret, per her daughter Ida’s death certificate.

Middle name Mae, per inscription on her modern-looking (not original) gravestone.

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: 12 Sep 1851, per death certificate

Birth Place: Hardeman Co, TN, per her parents’ residence in 1850 & 1860

… says born Jackson Co., Tennessee on her death certificate

Death Date: 19 Jul 1926, per death certificate

Death Place: Lyon Co., Kentucky, per death certificate

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Sarah has childhood census with her parents and siblings in 1860

Sarah and husband, living next to Sarah’s parents in 1880

Sarah’s death certificate names parents as Isaak Adcox and Mary Davis

Sources

DEATH CERTIFICATE:

Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953

Name: Mrs Hock Odom

Status: Female, White, Widowed

Age: 74

Birth Date: 12 Sep 1851

Birth Location: Jackson, Tennessee

Death Date: 19 Jul 1926

Death Location: Lyon, Kentucky, USA

Father's Name: Isaak Adcox, born Mcminvill Tennessee

Mother's name: Mary Davis, born Mcminvill Tennessee

Informant: J.L. Robertson of Kuttawa KY [son of deceased]

Burial: Davis Hill … [looks like Dryer HIll]

BURIAL:

Find a Grave Memorial ID: 45113235 (gravetone pictured)

Note: this looks like a modern, not original, gravestone

Inscription: Sarah May Odom, Sep. 12, 1851 - July 19, 1926

Cemetery: Dyer Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky

1st MARRIAGE:

Sarah Adcock and John Robertson

Possibly married 27 Jul 1867, per undocumented source.

Supposedly married in Jackson Co. Tennessee, at her father's house.

DIVORCE: sometime between 1872-1876

They divorced after conception of last child Lee Robertson (born Oct 1872).

They divorced before marriage of Sarah to 2nd husband in Nov 1876.

2nd MARRIAGE:

Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages

Name: Sarah Adcock

Spouse: Buck Adham... [Odham / Odom]

Marriage Date: 14 Nov 1876

Marriage County: Jackson County, Tennessee

CENSUS / TIMELINE

1860 Census: Cassville, District 6, White, Tennessee, family#781

Isaac Adcock ........ 33 ... TN ... Occupation: Farmer

Mary Adcock ........ 36 ... TN

William Adcock .... 13 ... TN

Martha Adcock .... 12 ... TN

James Adcock ...... 10 ... TN

Sarrah Adcock ....... 9 ... TN <--------

John Adcock ........... 5 ... TN

Filmore Adcock ...... 3 ... TN

Stokely Adcock ...... 1 ... TN

1860 Census Notes:

Living next to family #780: grandparents: John Adcock, age 74, Mary age 71

1867: marriage Sarah Adcock to 1st husband John Robertson

1870 Census: Arkadelphia, Caddo, Clark, Arkansas, family#485

John Robertson ........ 26 ... GA

Sarah C Robertson ... 18 ... TN

Joseph L Robertson ... 1 ... AR

James Crawford ....... 21 ... TN ... farm laborer

187x: divorce of Sarah Adcock from 1st husband John Robertson

1876: marriage Sarah Adcock to 2nd husband William Odom

1880 Census: District 6, Jackson, Tennessee, family#247

Wm. A. Odam ........... 38 ... TN,TN,TN … farmer … [2nd husband]

Sarah C. Odam ......... 27 ... TN,TN,TN ... [daughter of Issac Adcox]

Joseph L. R. Odam ... 11 ... TN,TN,TN … [son of 1st husband, John Robertson]

Mary A. M. Odam ....... 2 ... TN,TN,TN

Idea Odam ............... 3m ... TN,TN,TN

Annie Adcock ........... 65 ... TN,SC,SC ... [sister of Issac Adcox]

Note: son Levi/Lee Robertson age 7, is living next door with Sarah’s parents

1900 Census: Dycusburg, Crittenden, Kentucky, family#168

Wm H Odun ........... 57 ... TN,TN,TN … Mar-1843 ... farm laborer, rents house

Sarah Odun ............ 42 ... TN,TN,TN … Aug-1851 ... m. 25yrs, children 8, living 5

James G Odun ........ 17 ... TN,TN,TN … Dec-1882

Daisey Odun .......... 16 ... TN,TN,TN … Jan-1884

William A Odum .... 13 ... TN,TN,TN … Feb-1887

Louis K Odum ........ 10 ... TN,TN,TN … Jan-1890

Clara Odum ............. 7 ... TN,TN,TN … Feb-1893

1910 Census: Ashland Ward 3, Cheatham, Tennessee, family#134

William H Odum ... 65 ... TN,TN,TN ... head ... 2nd marriage, farmer, rents house

Sarah C Odum ....... 60 ... TN,TN,TN ... wife ... m. 40 yrs, children 10, living 8

Clara Odum ........... 17 ... TN,TN,TN … daughter

Living in same household as:

Lee Robertson ................ 37 ... AR,TX,TN ... [son of Sarah and 1st husband]

Lula A Robertson ........... 28 ... TN,TN,TN

Estell M Robertson ........ 13 ... TN,AR,TN

Clarence L Robertson ... 11 ... TN,AR,TN

Gladys A Robertson ........ 8 ... MO,AR,TN

Charley E Robertson ....... 7 ... AR,AR,TN

Dolphus L Robertson ..... 5 ... TN,AR,TN

Claude O Robertson ....... 3 ... TN,AR,TN

1920 Census: Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky, family#92

William Odom .... 79 ... TN,TN,TN

Sarah Odom ....... 78 ... TN,TN,TN

1920 Census Notes:

Living next to family#93: son: William Odom age 33, w/wife Daisy

1926: death of Sarah

1926: death of William

OTHER

message board:

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ADCOCK/2007-02/1171304078

From: "Lake Realty"

Subject: Re: [ADCOCK] John Adcock

Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:14:38 -0600

Donna, I am so sorry I think all of us hit you - we wanted what you had - is

there a way you can copy or anything you can do to get us that bk also? I

will be glad to paid you for what ever you do, have you ever told me if &

how you fit in this family - I am thu Isaac Adcock, Mary Ann Davis & Isaac

had a daughter named Sarah & she is my Great grandmother, my grandfather her

son Lewis Odom ( Sarah was married twice) first husband a Robertson left her

& they had 2 sons down in Ark & told her he was going back to Tx to his

family & for her & the boys to go home the best way they could , going home

she sold alot of her household things & she moved back in her father house &

ask the court if she could put her maiden name on the boys - I have a copy

of her divorce record if you would like - I also have a picture of her, I

will email if you want,

she really had a hard time in her life, my Grandfather loved her very much ,

he always talked like she was something very special - I guess she was - her

husband the second one (William Odom ) died one day & she died the next ,

her children loved her very much, again thanks for just being there,

Maggie Odom Duncan

----- Original Message -----

From: "Donna & Terry Teasley"

Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 6:05 PM

Subject: [ADCOCK] John Adcock

BOOK REFERENCE

Source: The Adcock Family of Sugar Creek, by Richard C. Fulcher, 1984

Chapter Three, Page 15-16

SARAH C. ADCOCK, daughter of Isaac Adcock [6] and Mary Ann Davis, was born in Tennessee in the year 1851, according to the 1860 Federal Census of her father’s household. She was married in Jackson County, Tennessee on November 14, 1876, to William H. “Buck” Odam. (7) William was born in Tennessee in the year 1842. The family were enumerated in the 1880 Federal Census living in the 6th District of Jackson county, where William farmed. His wife Sarah was afflicted with “Prolapsms” at the time of the census which is the falling or slipping out of place of an internal organ. Annie Adcock, aged 65, who was Sarah’s aunt, lived with the family according to the census of 1880. (8)

Children:

53. Joseph L. R. Odam, b.1876

54. Mary A. M. Odam, b.1878

55. Ida Odam, b.1880

Footnotes:

(7) Jackson County, Tennessee, Marriage Record, I, 10

(8) 1880 U. S. Census, Jackson County, Tennessee, Dist. 6, p. 28, household 247.

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