When Electa Ann Warner was born in February 1840, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Truman Bradley Warner, was 39 and her mother, Mabel Ann Leonard, was 31. She married Peter Sartain in 1856, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Carsonville Township, Becker, Minnesota, United States in 1885 and Osage Township, Becker, Minnesota, United States in 1895. She died on 4 January 1913, in Osage, Becker, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Osage, Becker, Minnesota, United States.