When Sarah De Jarnette was born on 15 June 1839, in Camden, Missouri, United States, her father, Josiah DeJarnette, was 38 and her mother, Mahala Boyce, was 32. She married Willis Brandenberg March on 12 December 1859. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Osage Township, Bates, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and New Home Township, Bates, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 6 September 1907, in Rich Hill, Bates, Missouri, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Osage Township, Bates, Missouri, United States.