Duffield/Sisson Postcards No. 3

This is the third in a series of postcards from 1908-1914. They were discovered last year at the home of Warren Brown in Sierra Madre, California, following his death. Warren's mother, Edythe Grace (Sisson) Brown, was the daughter of Charles Herman Sisson (1868-1927) and Edith Amy Duffield (1864-1926) of Ottawa, Illinois. These postcards are just a small part of the collection of memorabilia that Edith saved and passed to her daughter and then Warren. It remains with the family in my possession. This is a postcard that Edith received in September of 1908.

Concordia College, Springfield, Ill.

Concordia College was established in 1873. Prior to that time the campus was the Illinois State University, where Abraham Lincoln’s son attended and Abe himself was a supporter and trustee of the university. As Concordia College it was a Lutheran Seminary associated with the Missouri Synod. It remained such until 1976. (from the Concordia Historical Institute, Department of Archives and History of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod)

Mailed from Springfield Illinois, 30 September 1908. 

To:

Mrs. Charles Sisson

Ottawa, Illinois

408 Marcy St.

Written in a different ink on the correspondence side is simply the name Eva. Probably Edith added the name after receipt of the postcard indicating the sender. Eva Grace Duffield (1880-?) was Edith’s sister and the youngest child in the family. She married Lyle Green in 1908 and was living in Dayton, Illinois (also in LaSalle County) in 1910. It’s unknown if she attended this college or may have just been on a trip to Springfield at the time.