When Sarah Ann Addington was born on 18 August 1908, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John Henry Addington, was 30 and her mother, Rebecca Potter, was 20. She married Goebel Adams on 26 December 1930. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Jenkins, Letcher, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Magisterial District 2, Letcher, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 9 July 1998, in Florida, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Mayking, Letcher, Kentucky, United States.