When Sarah Ann Raney was born in 1853, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, her father, Ezekial Raney, was 51 and her mother, Naomi Oma Goin, was 33. She married Elijah Goin on 25 March 1872, in Union, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Waldport, Lincoln, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Alsea Election Precinct, Lincoln, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 14 April 1942, in Toledo, Lincoln, Oregon, United States, at the age of 89.