When Sarah Bevis was born on 28 July 1811, in Salem, New Jersey, United States, her father, Joseph Bevis, was 34 and her mother, Rebecca June Lunbeck, was 43. She married John McIndoo on 2 April 1832, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Owen, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 3 November 1897, in Owen, Indiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Spencer, Washington Township, Owen, Indiana, United States.