Sarah married Rev. James Black Burch,Feb 14,1823 in Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Burch were blessed with a large family of children, eight sons and five daughters, and with the exception of one son and one daughter all are yet living. The wife and mother died in December, 1855. The children are as follows; Elizabeth wedded Enoch Shelton, and after his death Michael Schneider, and both are now deceased; Ann is the wife of M. Arthur, a resident of Dexter County, Iowa; Mary is the wife of E. Shipp, and is living in Fort Collins, Colorado; Lewis M, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work was thrice married and now resides in pleasant Valley Township; William D. married Ellen Campbell and is living in Cedar County, Nebraska; Nicholas S. a resident of Ellis County, Kansas married Lousia Garrett, their union being the first celebrated in Jefferson Township; George married Eliza Garrett and lives in Washington; john married Kizzie Campbell and afterward Rose Gill, and his home is now in Chickasaw county, Iowa; Martha is the wife of a Mr. Nichols, her former husband being H. Butler, of Portland, Ore.; Joseph W. married Jennie Bolton and resides in Creston Minnesota.; Rachel is the wife of C.R. Brown, a leading farmer of Jefferson Township,; Jonathan was joined in wedlock with Marcia Keis, and their home is in Lincoln County, Kansas; and James H. died in Indiana September 5, 1846. The mother of this family died in Jefferson Township in December 1855. and was buried in the cemetery that her husband had donated to the people of the town the year previous. In June 1856, the Rev. Mr. Burch was again married his second wife being Mrs. Mary A. chance, a widow. She survives her husband and still resides in Jefferson Township.
Sarah's parents were Joseph L Walden 1760 – 1831 and Rachel (Knoe) Noe 1770 – 1813.