Sarah E. Ticknor (b. Smith) (1836-1917) was born in Ohio and died in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1859, she married Elias W. Ticknor in Morgan, Illinois. He served in the 27th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry, 1861-1864, and held the rank of First Sergeant. The couple moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1881. By 1900, Ticknor was running a boarding house and actively involved in the Women's Relief Corps. Ticknor wrote in 1886 that she and her husband wanted to take classes with Mary Baker Eddy, having previously studied with Janet T. Colman. They took the Primary class in January 1887 and were registered members of the Christian Scientist Association. Ticknor wrote to Eddy about the healing work that she was doing, and several letters to Eddy from other writers mention the Ticknors as active Christian Scientists.

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