When Sarah Jane Arthur was born on 25 June 1891, in Randolph, Georgia, United States, her father, James Monroe Arthur, was 46 and her mother, Sarah Jane James, was 39. She married Bernard Erastus Paul on 1 July 1914, in Shellman, Randolph, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in District 777, Randolph, Georgia, United States in 1900 and District 947, Randolph, Georgia, United States for about 30 years. She died on 16 July 1973, in Cuthbert, Randolph, Georgia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Cuthbert, Randolph, Georgia, United States.