Addie Richardson

The first thing was to get down to Addie Richardson’s henhouse, and that was a goodish way, four or five miles. She found herself wondering if the Lord was going to send her an eagle to fly her those four miles, or send Elijah in his fiery chariot to give her a lift.

Nebraska neighbor whose hens Abagail gathers for the coming survivors. Bill Richardson is explicitly her brother-in-law.