Great-Grandma Libby

So - Grandpa Libby's mother was named Sarah E, but what was her maiden name? I had already made a preliminary guess that she was Sarah Adcock (or Adcox), born in 1846 in Tennessee. A while ago I posted a query on a genealogy site asking for any information on Sarah, and last night I got a reply - I am fairly certain that I found Sarah's family!

Sarah E Adcock was born in 1846 in Hickman, TN. Her parents were James Ellison Adcock (b 1823) and Sarah "Sally" McCaleb Adcock (b 1826). She was from a large family, and the oldest surviving daughter. (The lady who contacted me is married to a descendant of one of Sarah's younger sisters.)

The records show that Sarah and Joseph were married 30 Jan 1870 - in TEXAS. The marriage record gives his name as Joseph THOMPSON, not Libby. But I think that this is the couple I am looking for for several reasons:

1) Sarah's family history says that she married a "northern man older than her" and that they moved to Iowa.
2) Sarah and Joseph had a son named "Eddie" and had two girls born in Iowa. The family lost track of her after that.
3) Joseph T - did the T stand for Thompson? Thompson was Joseph's mother's maiden name. Perhaps the clerk recording the marriage information goofed and did not write Libby as the last name, but used Thompson instead.

Interestingly, Joseph had a brother named Lewis who lived in Waterloo, Iowa by 1870. He married a woman named Missouri Speicher, and they ran the American Hotel. (Lewis died in 1902, and I will post his obituary later.)

There was another Libby brother, Allen D, who is buried next to Joseph and Sarah at Oak Hill (with his wife Hannah J and their son Byron J).

Allen and Lewis (and Joseph?) were in Minneapolis around 1860, and Lewis later moved to Waterloo. Allen stayed in Minneapolis.

Sarah and Joseph may have had one child before Edward that did not live. After they moved to Iowa, Ora (1881) and Ada (1883) were born. May (1885) and Alice (1887) were born in Minneapolis.

Joseph died in 1894. After he died, Edward (Grandpa Libby) had to support his mother and sisters. When he married Grandma (Agnes Wescott) they lived with his sisters until after their first child, Horace, was born! (Helen told me this.)