Lucy Sprigg Madison Dos Passos was a member of the notable Sprigg and Cresap families of Maryland, a relative of president Madison by marriage and the mother of author John Dos Passos. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1872/02/12 | Lucy Addison Sprigg marries Ryland Randolph Madison. | Bride | Marriage of Lucy Addison Sprigg and Ryland Randolph Madison | ||||
| 1873/00/00 | Lucy Sprigg Madison, wife of Ryland Randolph Madison, gives birth to a son, James Madison, in Petersburg, Virginia. Living at her father's house, it is likely that Lucy will never live with Ryland. | Mother | Marriage of Lucy Addison Sprigg and Ryland Randolph Madison | ||||
| 1877/00/00 | Leaving her son James in the care of her mother in Petersburg, Virginia, Lucy Madison moves to 211 A Street NE in Washington, DC, and takes a job as a copyist at the General Land Office of the US Department of the Interior. | Life | Capitol Hill Historic District | Washington, DC | |||
| 1887/00/00 | Lucy Madison quits her post at General Land Office, picks up her son James from her mother's and moves to a modest 2-story townhouse at 2816 Olive Street in Georgetown. She hires a live-in servant to help care for her son. | Home | Georgetown | ||||
| 1888/00/00 | Lucy Madison and her son James relocate to 2022 F Street (lost) in Washington, DC. The residence is owned by her future husband, a married man named John R Dos Passos. | Home | |||||
| 1889/00/00 | Lucy Madison nurses John R Dos Passos's siege of brain fever at her home near the lower end of Rock Creek Park, 2022 F Street (lost) in Washington, DC. Dos Passos suffered a head wound while horseback riding in Rock Creek Park. | Life | Rock Creek Park Historic District | Washington, DC | |||
| 1896/02/00 | After an absence of several months, Lucy Madison buys her first house, 1201 19th Street NW in Washington, DC. She tells people that she adopted an infant, John, from an unwed mother at a Chicago hotel. | Home | Dupont Circle Historic District South | Washington, DC |
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