[2] Following her common school education, she entered the academy in Abington, and after her graduation, devoted herself to the study of music.

[5] In 1880,[6] the couple and their son, Alton Sydney Abington (1871-1914)[2] removed to Corvallis, Oregon where Mr. Additon was in the mercantile business.

"[1] At the 14th Annual Meeting of the WCTU, in Nashville, Tennessee, November 1887, Additon's writing of verse and music were noted.

[6] In 1916, she made a six month trip to New York City and Boston for research into social conditions in connection with the Oregon state WCTU and the Federation of Women's Clubs.

[10] Besides contributing frequently to temperance and other periodicals, she was the author of several books on general subjects,[1] as well as a history of the 20 eventful years of WCTU in Oregon.

[11] Lucia Hatch Faxon Additon died of pneumonia at the East Side Sanitarium,[4] in Portland, Oregon, January 4, 1919.