When Sarah Leota Blossom was born on 24 February 1890, in Dublin Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Blossom, was 37 and her mother, Frances M Eaken, was 34. She married Frederick Martin VanTilburg on 28 December 1912, in Mercer, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States for about 5 years and Rockford, Dublin Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died in 1958, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States.