When Ella Nannie Burris was born on 10 November 1882, in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States, her father, Henry Burris, was 28 and her mother, Mary Davis, was 17. She married John Jay Addington on 6 June 1904, in Bolsa, Orange, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in South Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States in 1900. She died on 13 March 1971, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.