When Sara Jane Leffel was born on 10 May 1858, in Wabash, Indiana, United States, her father, Samuel Leffel, was 40 and her mother, Catharine Gordon, was 40. She married Thomas Allen Bussard on 14 September 1876, in Wabash, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 September 1950, in Maryland, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, United States.