Sarah Laurette Warren (maiden name: Willard) was born on July 19, 1818, in Vermont to Oliver Willard and Sarah Harvey. She married Elisha Converse Warren in Wardsboro, Vermont, on May 23, 1842. They had at least five children: Elisha, born around 1843; Harvey, born around 1845; Mary, born around 1846; Frederick, born around 1852; and Ella, born around 1855.
They lived in East Fallowfield, Pennsylvania, and her husband worked as a paper maker. By 1850, they owned $8,400 of real estate. They moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the 1850s. By 1870, they owned $60,000 of real estate and $50,000 of personal property, and they employed at least three servants. Her husband died in the late 1800s, and she passed away in Philadelphia on June 1, 1911.