When Sarah E Peterson was born on 5 September 1868, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, her father, John Peter Mikaelsen Peterson, was 26 and her mother, Emma Enger Mortensen, was 26. She married William Page Scogings on 6 March 1893, in Piute, Utah Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Marysvale, Piute, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 31 October 1951, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83.