When Sarah Ann Attberry was born on 27 January 1847, in Wayne, Illinois, United States, her father, John Warren Atteberry, was 28 and her mother, Mary Ann Hall, was 30. She married Richard Morgan Thomason in 1867. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Four Mile Township, Wayne, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Wayne City, Wayne, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 11 February 1937, in Aden, Hamilton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Wayne City, Wayne, Illinois, United States.