When Sarah Ann Tripp was born on 3 May 1845, in Northumberland, Canada West, British Colonial America, her father, Ezra Woodworth Tripp, was 38 and her mother, Catherine Bilow, was 42. She married Thomas Douglas Butts on 28 September 1863, in Kinmount, Victoria, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Judicial Township 1, Shasta, California, United States in 1940. She died on 4 October 1941, in Redding, Shasta, California, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Redding, Shasta, California, United States.