When Sarah Mae BUCHNER was born on 6 June 1881, in Bear Lake, Manistee, Michigan, United States, her father, Francis Bird BUCHNER or BUCKNER, was 45 and her mother, Nancy Caroline Hicks, was 45. She married Horace Hoyt Babcock on 25 August 1908, in Frankfort, Benzie, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Elk Rapids, Antrim, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Nashville, Castleton Township, Barry, Michigan Territory, United States in 1940. She died on 31 May 1965, in Nashville, Barry, Michigan, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Nashville, Barry, Michigan, United States.