Lucy Addison [SEP] place of death
Lucy Addison
Lucy Addison (December 8, 1861 in Upperville, Virginia – November 13, 1937 in Washington, D.C.) was an African-American school teacher and principal. In 2011 Addison was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" for her contributions to education.
Personal life.
Addison was born on December 8, 1861 in Upperville, Virginia to Charles Addison and Elizabeth Anderson Addison, both of whom were slaves. She was the third child born to the couple and
Born in Chicago, Dos Passos was the illegitimate son of John Randolph Dos Passos (1844–1917), a lawyer of half Madeiran Portuguese descent, and Lucy Addison Sprigg Madison of Petersburg, Virginia. His father was married and had a son several years older than John. John traveled as a child extensively with his mother, who was an invalid and preferred Europe.
Although John's father married his mother after the death of his first wife in 1910, he refused to formally acknowledge John for another two years, until he