Sarah O. was born in 1836.1 Sarah O.'s father was Ira Nash and her mother was Eliza Hollister. Her paternal grandparents were Pelatiah Nash and Sally Towner. She had two brothers and two sisters, named Edwin H., George W., Eliza B. and Mary E.. She was the third oldest of the five children. She had a half-sister, and also a half-sibling of unknown gender named Mary Ann and Infant.1