After their mother Elizabeth
Kirby died, Sarah helped raise her younger brothers.John
and Sarah Eason appear on the 1851 census as living in Holywell,
Cambridgeshire, England. He is 35 years old and working as an
agricultural laborer. She is listed as being 28 years old.
In
1860, Christopher and Sarah Stimpson are living in Otto Township, Kankakee
County, Illinois.
Their name appears as "Stephenson." Sarah's brothers Robert and John
are living with them.
In 1870, Christopher and Sarah Stimpson are living in Otto Township,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
In 1880, Cris and Sarah Stimpson are living in Otto Township, Kankakee
County, Illinois.
Sarah is buried next to her husband in
Mound Grove Cemetery in Kankakee, Illinois.
Their plot is
adjacent to the family plot of Sarah's brother John Burling.