Elinor Medill Patterson

Elinor Medill Patterson was born in Chicago, Illinois to parents Joseph Medill Patterson and Alice Higinbotham on October 1, 1903. She was the eldest of three sisters; [[Alicia Patterson|Alicia]] (born 1906) and [[Josephine Patterson Albright|Josephine]] (born 1913), and one half-brother [[James Joseph Patterson|James]] (born 1923). She was a niece of [[Cissy Patterson]] (her [[namesake]]), and great-granddaughter of [[Joseph Medill]] and [[Robert W. Patterson (minister)|Robert W. Patterson]].

Elinor Medill Patterson was born in Chicago, Illinois to parents Joseph Medill Patterson and Alice Higinbotham on October 1, 1903. She was the eldest of three sisters; [[Alicia Patterson|Alicia]] (born 1906) and [[Josephine Patterson Albright|Josephine]] (born 1913), and one half-brother [[James Joseph Patterson|James]] (born 1923). She was a niece of [[Cissy Patterson]] (her [[namesake]]), and great-granddaughter of [[Joseph Medill]] and [[Robert W. Patterson (minister)|Robert W. Patterson]].

Elinor made her formal society debut in December 1923 at a ball and musical held by her parents, featuring performers from the [[Chicago Civic Opera Company]].{{Cite news |date=28 December 1923 |title=Miss Elinor Patterson Makes Debut Tonight at Ball and Musical |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=19}} Elinor married Russell Sturgis Codman, Jr. (1896-1992) in Putnam, Connecticut on May 25, 1926 at age 23; their wedding was an elopement to which friends and relatives were not invited. Codman was a real estate broker and had been a [[Harvard University|Harvard]] oarsman.{{Cite news |date=2 June 1926 |title=Elinor Patterson Weds; Was Nun in 'The Miracle' |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=35}} Elinor divorced Codman in January 1929 on a charge of desertion, which Codman did not contest.{{Cite news |date=13 January 1929 |title=Judge Grants Divorce to Mrs. Elinor Codman |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=6}} She married her second husband, New York businessman and son of [[Clayton Mark]], Griffith Mark (1904-1978), in Greenwich, Connecticut on September 28, 1929. Mark and Elinor had one daughter, Adrienne (1934-2006), in New York City on June 9, 1934. They divorced in January 1942, in a suit uncontested by her husband.{{Cite news |date=23 January 1942 |title=Uncontested Divorce Goes to Elinor Patterson Mark |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=10}} Elinor married her third husband, Donald William Baker (1898-1992), Cornell University graduate, veteran of World War I, and son of a Michigan lumber operator, in Salisbury, Connecticut, on February 18, 1942. Baker had been married and divorced once previously to a Charlotte O'Brien.{{Cite news |date=20 February 1942 |title=Elinor Patterson Mark is Bride of Donald W. Baker |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=21}} Elinor and Baker divorced in December 1970. Elinor died at age 80 in Greenwich, Connecticut, on June 9, 1984. Her obituary noted her advocacy for animal welfare, including serving on the advisory board of the [[The Humane Society of the United States|Humane Society]] of the United States.{{Cite news |date=11 June 1984 |title=Elinor Baker; editor's daughter |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=7}}

Elinor made her formal society debut in December 1923 at a ball and musical held by her parents, featuring performers from the [[Chicago Civic Opera Company]].{{Cite news |date=28 December 1923 |title=Miss Elinor Patterson Makes Debut Tonight at Ball and Musical |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=19}} Elinor married Russell Sturgis Codman, Jr. (1896-1992) in Putnam, Connecticut on May 25, 1926 at age 23; their wedding was an elopement to which friends and relatives were not invited. Codman was a real estate broker and had been a [[Harvard University|Harvard]] oarsman.{{Cite news |date=2 June 1926 |title=Elinor Patterson Weds; Was Nun in 'The Miracle' |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=35}} Elinor divorced Codman in January 1929 on a charge of desertion, which Codman did not contest.{{Cite news |date=13 January 1929 |title=Judge Grants Divorce to Mrs. Elinor Codman |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=6}} She married her second husband, New York businessman and son of [[Clayton Mark]], Griffith Mark (1904-1978), in Greenwich, Connecticut on September 28, 1929. Mark and Elinor had one daughter, Adrienne (1934-2006), in New York City on June 9, 1934. They divorced in January 1942, in a suit uncontested by her husband.{{Cite news |date=23 January 1942 |title=Uncontested Divorce Goes to Elinor Patterson Mark |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=10}} Elinor married her third husband, Donald William Baker (1898-1992), Cornell University graduate, veteran of World War I, and son of a Michigan lumber operator, in Salisbury, Connecticut, on February 18, 1942. Baker had been married and divorced once previously to a Charlotte O'Brien.{{Cite news |date=20 February 1942 |title=Elinor Patterson Mark is Bride of Donald W. Baker |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=21}} Elinor and Baker divorced in December 1970. Elinor died at age 80 in Greenwich, Connecticut, on June 9, 1984. Her obituary noted her advocacy for animal welfare, including serving on the advisory board of the [[The Humane Society of the United States|Humane Society of the United States]].{{Cite news |date=11 June 1984 |title=Elinor Baker; editor's daughter |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=7}}

[[File:Elinor Patterson in the Chicago Tribune, 1927.jpg|left|thumb|424x424px|Elinor Patterson in the Chicago Tribune, 1927]]

[[File:Elinor Patterson in the Chicago Tribune, 1927.jpg|left|thumb|424x424px|Elinor Patterson in the Chicago Tribune, 1927]]