Sarah Jeanne Garrett was born July 26, 1860, at Peoria, Illinois. She was the second daughter of Auren and Wilhelmina Garrett, being of Scotch descent on her mother's side, while her father was a native of New York State.
From childhood she chose an artist's life, commencing her life work at the age of eighteen. At the age of twenty she took charge of the Art department in Eureka College, remaining four consecutive years. After an absence of one year she returned, continuing until her marriage to Andrew B. Humphrey, when she went West. Still following her chosen profession, she became Directress of the Art department at Hall Institute, Iowa. In 1889 she returned to Illinois, and is now in Chicago.
Source:
A History of Eureka College, St. Louis: Christian Publishing
Company, 1894.