When Sarah Lutichia Patterson was born on 1 November 1859, in Arkansas, United States, her father, James Herington Patterson, was 47 and her mother, Mariah Lindsey Edwards, was 34. She married Henry Moton Pitchford on 17 October 1878, in Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Sugarloaf Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States in 1860 and Hartford Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States in 1900. She died on 22 August 1902, in Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.