When Sarah J Sparks was born on 31 May 1874, in Wautisca, Saunders, Nebraska, United States, her father, Truelove Sparks, was 43 and her mother, Julia Ann Slavens, was 33. She married John William Dragoo about 1893, in Mercer, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Morgan Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States for about 40 years and Somerset Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States in 1930. She died on 16 September 1971, at the age of 97, and was buried in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, United States.