Our Real Daughter
Photo Courtesy of a chapter member
FRANCES MINERVA BUSH OLDS LOVELAND was born on 10 August 1823 in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Zita/Ziba Bush and his second wife, Mary Smith Clark. She was the nineteenth child of Zita Bush. Frances married first Jonathan Olds in 1840/41 and then later married Mr. Loveland. She died at 4:30 p.m. on 1 April 1922, at the home of her grandson, William Olds, in Soldier, Kansas.
She was a member of Captain Jesse Leavenworth Chapter, NSDAR. She joined DAR on the Revolutionary service of her father, making her a "Real Daughter" of DAR. Her application was notarized 15 December 1906 and she was accepted as a member on 6 February 1907. Her initiation fee was $1.00.
She was one of three real Kansas daughters in 1916. From 1907 until her death, the members of the chapter supplied her with personal gifts on her birthday and at Christmas. She received a gold spoon from NSDAR. The Captain Jesse Leavenworth Chapter, NSDAR, purchased an insignia pin for her on 9 August 1912. It was purchased from J. E. Caldwell and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Below is a copy of a hand-written letter received by the chapter from Mrs. Loveland when she received the pin.
9 August 1912
Dear Daughters:
I received your kind letter Thursday the 8th, and this morning Friday I got my pin. It is a beauty and I thank you with my whole heart for it. It shows I have some friends left. I am very lame but able to do some work. My son is with me today. He is seventy years old. He is crippled from the rebellion, right leg was struck by a shell near Spotsylvania. I think I am pretty well for one as old as I am. With love to all Daughters, I will close. I do not know of anything I need at this time. Good Night.
Frances Loveland
Photo courtesy of K. Walker West
Captain Jesse Leavenworth Chapter, NSDAR, placed an official Real Daughter marker on her grave in Soldier, Kansas, Cemetery on 12 February 1924. It is an oblong bronze marker placed above the marker inscription. The chapter also purchased a marker on 16 October 1924 from the Albert Textor Monument Company in Leavenworth. On 23 October 1924, the 18th anniversary of the Captain Jesse Leavenworth Chapter, NSADR, was held at the home of Mrs. Elenor Reyburn Wulfekuhler. At this meeting, Miss Lizzie Ida Knox conducted a memorial service for Mrs. Loveland.
Last Updated: 08 November 2020