In the 1871 census, John & Sarah Adcock, ages 29 & 27, are living at 17 Union St., Mansfield. Also in the household is another couple about the same age who are boarders: Kelham & Hetty Neale. Hetty is John's sister. They are living on the same street as Sarah's parents, Gilbert & Ann Slack, and Sarah's sister Elizabeth Coleman and her family.
In 1881 John & Sarah are both age 38, living with Sarah's father Gilbert Slack, age 75, at 30 Union St., Mansfield.