When Sarah Lavisa Daugherty was born on 14 September 1849, in Jackson, Ohio, United States, her father, James B. Daugherty, was 32 and her mother, Naomi Cox, was 33. She married Hiram Rountree Miller on 24 January 1869, in Washington, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Prairie Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and Earlsboro Township, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma Territory, United States in 1900. She died on 23 November 1910, in Earlsboro, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Earlsboro, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States.