Lyda Messer Caudill (left, wearing a hat) poses with two men (including her father, William Messer, at right) and a young girl outside a church at Christy Creek in Rowan County, Kentucky. The young girl may be her daughter, Leola Margaret Caudill, and the mustached man may be her husband, William T. Caudill. Mrs. Caudill, a teacher, was elected superintendent of Rowan County, Kentucky schools in 1906 and founded the first school for African-American students in the county. She was also a singer of traditional Scottish ballads and claimed to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots. Title supplied by cataloger.
Five men and an old woman gather outside a building identified by Jean Thomas as "church on Christy Creek." The men all wear suits. The man second from the right is William Messer, father of Lyda Messer Caudill and possible descendant of Mary Queen of Scots. Title supplied by cataloger.
Lyda Messer Caudill (left, wearing a hat) poses with three men (including her father, William Messer, second from right) and a young girl outside a church at Christy Creek in Rowan County, Kentucky. The young girl may be her daughter, Leola Margaret Caudill, and one of the men may be her husband, William T. Caudill. Mrs. Caudill, a teacher, was elected superintendent of Rowan County, Kentucky schools in 1906 and founded the first school for African-American students in the county. She was also a singer of traditional Scottish ballads and claimed to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots. Title supplied by cataloger.
