When Sarah Sorenia Tidwell was born on 7 February 1865, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States, her father, Jefferson Tidwell, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Jane Seely, was 20. She married William Alvin Thayn on 29 January 1884, in Wellington, Carbon, Utah Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wellington, Carbon, Utah, United States for about 25 years and Election Precinct 19 Wellington, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 21 August 1945, in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Wellington, Carbon, Utah, United States.