Sarah Ann Payton was born around 1854 in Bilston, Staffordshire.

Sarah married William Harper in 1871 in the Dudley Registration District.

She had the following children from her marriage to William Harper:

- Mary E. (Polly) Harper	born around 1872 in Bilston, Staffordshire.
- William Harper	born around 1873 in Bilston, Staffordshire.
- Richard Harper	born in 1876 in Bilston, Staffordshire.
- Francis Thomas Harper	born on 30 September 1879 in Bilston, Staffordshire.
- Sarah Ann E. Harper	born in 1881 in Bilston, Staffordshire.
- Alfred Harper	born in 1883 in Bilston, Staffordshire.
- John Harper	born around 1885 in Bilston, Staffordshire.
- Leonard Harper	born in 1889 in Bilston, Staffordshire.
- Harold Percival Harper	born in 1893 in Bilston, Staffordshire.

Sarah was a Furniture Dealer.

Details of Sarah's death are not known.