When Samuel Sevier Addington was born on 9 April 1883, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, George Washington Addington, was 34 and his mother, Rosannah Dougherty McConnell, was 33. He married Eula Virginia Burke on 14 May 1905, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Johnson Magisterial District, Scott, Virginia, United States for about 40 years. He died on 10 January 1959, in Scott, Virginia, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, Scott, Virginia, United States.