When Sarah Ellen Chenault was born on 25 June 1857, in Saline, Arkansas, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Chenault, was 24 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Gamble, was 20. She married John Fields Huchingson on 16 September 1875, in Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 21 September 1888, in Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States, at the age of 31.