When Sarah Jane Martin was born in November 1828, in Brown, Ohio, United States, her father, George M. Martin, was 50 and her mother, Mary Charlotte Myers, was 42. She married Perry Kilander on 17 March 1846, in Brown, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Jackson Township, Wells, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died on 14 March 1901, in Wells, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72.