When Sarah E. Chappel was born on 1 July 1846, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Andrew J. Chappell, was 20 and her mother, Almira A Butterfield, was 19. She married Windham Andrew Baldwin on 7 February 1864, in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Milton Township, DuPage, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Abbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin, United States in 1905. She died on 30 May 1919, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mauston Cemetery, Lindina, Juneau, Wisconsin, United States.