When Sarah Elizabeth Bandy was born in December 1845, in Arkansas, United States, her father, David Bandy, was 64 and her mother, Margaret Casteel, was 34. She married William Carroll Lincoln on 5 April 1860, in Madison, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Red Bluff, Tehama, California, United States in 1880 and Kimshew Judicial Township, Butte, California, United States in 1900. She died on 6 February 1902, in Paradise, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Paradise Cemetery, Paradise, Butte, California, United States.