When Sarah Lamma was born in 1806, in Bridgeport, Pease Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States, her father, William Lammy, was 49 and her mother, Catherine, was 31. She married Amos Richards on 12 April 1827, in Belmont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Perry Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 8 February 1887, in West Chester, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in West Chester, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.