Randolph Loving Chapter held its organizational
meeting in the home of the Kansas State Regent, Leda Ferrell Rex (Mrs. Loren Edgar),
on February 4, 1935. Mrs. Rex was the chapter's Organizing Regent.
The chapter's name honors the Revolutionary ancestor of Mrs. Rex,
Randolph Loving. His service began in the First Virginia Regiment, which went into
the Continental Line to support George Washington two days after the crisis at
Germantown. Randolph Loving was one of the Continentals who were with Washington's
army at Valley Forge during the brutal deprivations of the winter of 1777-1778.
Mrs. Rex's great grandmother, Martha Loving Ferrell, was the
daughter of Randolph Loving. Another Wichita chapter bears her name.
Over the years, Randoloph Loving Chapter has worked hand-in-hand
with other Wichita-area chapters in organizing such events as teas for new U.S.
Citizens, National Defense, and the DAR Schools.
The chapter is proud to have transcribed Sedgwick County, Kansas,
marriage license records from 1870 through 1946. Copies of this work may be found
in the Wichita Public Library, the State Historical Society in Topeka, and in the
Congressional Library in Washington, D.C.
Another project earned the chapter a national award for "Most
Unusual Conservation Project." A beautiful granite drinking fountain had been placed
in 1911 by the WCTU, in front of Union Station, to honor
Carrie Nation. The fountain had been badly damaged and removed. It was eventually
found in a warehouse, restored, and presented to the
historic Old Cowtown Museum in 1963.
Randolph Loving Chapter members are proud to be members of DAR, and
encourage other area women to join this patriotic service organization. Please
contact us
for more information about our chapter or DAR.
Background quilt design is called "Martha Washington Star."
