Sarah Burr (maiden name: Rawson) was born around 1816 in Sutton, Massachusetts. She married Albert Burr on April 28, 1842, and they had at least four children: Franklin, born around 1846; Frederick, born on November 6, 1847; Reuben, born around 1849; and Henry, born on November 20, 1857. They lived in Northbridge, Massachusetts, and her husband worked as a shoemaker and farmer. By 1850, they owned $2,000 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $2,300 of real estate and $300 of personal property. Her husband died on January 24, 1900, and she died of pneumonia in Northbridge on October 29, 1902.