When Sarah Ann Messerall was born in June 1854, in Sugar Lake, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Lawrence Messeral, was 34 and her mother, Mary Fullerton, was 36. She married LaFayette McFadden from 1873 to 1874, in Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Wayne Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Randolph Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 4 October 1904, in Mead Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Kiser Hill Cemetery, East Mead Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States.