Family History

This is the first page of Betsy's picture album, but the house shown here is unlabeled, so who is belonged to is not known.

The photo on the left side of this page show Betsy Headley Garr, Frances Bassett Lee, and Katherine Bassett. Frances and Katherine were sisters, and very close friends to Betsy. The photo on the right is a more whimisical addition, showing a dog sitting atop a horse.

The photo on the far left of this page shows Betsy standing in water with Elizabeth Laudeman Callaway, most likely a friend. The photo on the top right appears to be Betsy with a terrier dog, but it is unlabeled so it isn't definite. The bottom right photo also appears to be Betsy, but again, it isn't labeled so there is no way to be sure.

The photo on the left shows Katherine Bassett, undated but probably in the early 20th century. The photo to the left shows Frances Carter Headley in an outdoor swing/chair with a friend, whose name is not given. It too is undated, but probably from the first few years of the 20th century.

This page is unlabeled, but it appears to include two photos of Betsy Headley with a small dog. The photos are undated but they are probably from around the turn of the century.

The largest photo on the left shows Besty with friends Katherine and Frances Bassett. The other photos are unlabeled and hard to identify, but they all seem to include Betsy posing with friends or dogs. Though none of the photos are dated on this page, they all appear to be from the early 20th century.

This page contains two unlabeled photographs. As on other pages, they appear to include Betsy, but their size makes them hard to identify. They do look to be from around the turn of the century.

This page contains three photos with unknown subjects.

Both these unidentified photos appear to show Betsy posing with friends on or near the beach. While undated, they are likely from the early 20th century.

This page includes three photos of unidentified people, and in two photos they are posing with a car. They appear to be from the early 20th century.

The left photo on this page appears to show Betsy posing with a dog, while wearing her bathing suit on the beach. The photo on the right appears to be one of the Bassett sisters, but as neither photo is labeled, it is hard to be entirely certain. Both appear to be from the early 20th century.

This page contains a photo of an unknown lake, and a couple whose identities are unknown. Both photos appear to be from the early 20th century.

This page contains two beach themed photos, the first of two unidentified women wearing bathing suits, and the second of a boat. Both appear to be from the early 20th century.

The two identifiable photos in on this page are the two in the top row. The top left shows Betsy while at the beach. The top right shows Betsy with a dog. The bottom three pictures are unknown. Though none are dated, each photo appears to be from the early 20th century.

This photo is another one of Alline and Sally on a trip they took out west together.

Shown here is Alline Higgins Headley Rogers on a trip to the Western United States.

The lower right photo on this page appears to show Betsy posing with a friend. The other photos cannot be identified. They all appear to be from the early 20th century.

This photo is of two unindentified women. It may be Alline and her sister Sally, but as it is difficult to tell for sure.

The two photos on the far left of this page show Alline Higgins Headley Rogers, and her husband Ed Lee Rogers. The bottom of these two photos also shows someone named Lou Higgins, who is probably a relative of Alline's. The middle photo shows some Betsy's friends from when she worked at National Park Seminary, a girls school near Washington D.C. The photo on the far right is unidentified.

The photo on the left of this page shows Betsy Headley with an unidentified man. The right photo appears to show Betsy at National Park Seminary a girl's school where Betsy worked, which was well known for it's themed sorority houses, including one in the shape of a windmill. Both appear to be from the early 20th century.

This group of photos shows Betsy with friends in Washington D.C. These were probably taken during the time that Betsy was working at National Park Seminary. 

This photo shows Betsy with her younger sister Frances Carter "Cartie" Headley Carruth. It is undated, but probably from the early 20th century.
 

This photo shows Betsy in Washington D.C. in 1918, probably while she was working at the National Park Seminary.

This photo shows Betsy on a cruise of the Caribbean in 1958.

This photo shows Betsy with a friend in Washington D.C. in 1918.

This undated photo shows Carter Kerr as a young girl.

Carter Kerr is shown here in a school picture.

This photo shows the exterior of Frances Carter Headley Carruth's house.

This photo shows Alline and her sister Sally Higgins McElroy on a trip out west. Alline is standing on the left, and Sally on the right.

This photo shows Carter and Jimmy Kerr, undated. 

Charlotte Russell Garr, undated.

On this page, the top left photo shows Betsy with a dog. The top right shows an unknown house. The bottom photo shows Betsy's mother Alline Higgins Headley Rogers and her stepfather Ed Lee Rogers. The photos are undated, but they appear to be from the early 20th century.

The top left photo on this page shows Betsy walking outside. The photo on the right appears to show Betsy with a friend, whose name is not included. The bottom left photo shows an unknown woman with a dog. All the photos appear to be from the early 20th century, but none are dated.

This photo shows Betty Headley Garr, Sally Higgins McElroy, and Betsy Higgins Headley Garr in Michigan. Besty often went to visit her aunt Sally in Michigan.

The only photo that can be identified on this page is on the bottom left, and it shows Alline Higgins Headley Rogers and her husband Ed Lee Rogers. The others cannot be identified, though they all seem to have been taken around the turn of the century.

This page includes two photos of unidentified houses. 

These photos show Betsy with an unidentified male friend. They all appear to be taken in the early 20th century.

This photo shows Betsy with a friend in Washington D.C. in 1918.

This photo appears to be of a building at National Park Seminary, a girl's school near Washington D.C. known for its elaborate and themed buildings. Betsy worked there as a young woman.

The photo on the left shows Alline Higgins Headley Rogers and her husband Ed Lee Rogers. The photo on the left is an unidentified. 

This photo shows troops marching at the end of World War I in Washington D.C. Betsy was probably working at National Park Seminary around this time, putting her in the D.C. area.

This is another photo showing troops marching in Washington D.C. after the end of World War I.

Here are shown more troops marching in Washington D.C. after World War I.

This page shows two more photos of troops marching in Washington D.C. after World War I.

This photo is labeled as showing part of the route to Woodrow Wilson's presidential inaguration, which took place on March 4, 1913 in Washington D.C.

This photo shows Betsy with her daughter Charlotte. While is is undated, it was probably taken in the 1950s.

This photo shows Charlotte Garr Schubert and her husband Richard Schubert on their second wedding anniversary, December 28, 1952.

This photo shows Charlotte Russell Garr Schubert in December of 1952.

This clipping is about Charlotte's work with the Baltimore Museum of Art.

This photo shows Charlotte Russell Garr Schubert. Though is it undated, it was probably taken in the 1950s.

This photo shows Frances Carruth Kerr with a very young Jimmy Kerr.

This photo shows Frances Carruth Kerr with her children: Jimmy, Carter, and Kathryn.

This photo shows Jimmy Kerr at his grandmother Cartie Headley Carruth's home, undated.

School picture of Jimmy Kerr, undated.

This photo shows Jimmy Kerr, Cartie Carruth, and Buddy Carruth at Cartie's house, undated.

This sketch shows the home of James and Frances Kerr, undated.

This photo shows Lucy Carter, one of Fanny Carter Headley's sisters at her childhood home of Chaumiere du Prairie. 

Here Lucy Carter, sister of Fanny Carter Headley, is shown on the steps of her childhood home, Chaumiere du Prairie.

This photo shows Lucy Carter at her childhood home, Chaumiere du Prairie. She was the younger sister of Fanny Carter Headley.

This group of photos shows images of National Park Seminary, where Elisabeth Headley Garr worked before her marriage.

This image shows a postcard labeled "Crooked River"

This is the first section of a long article about the history of Sayre School, written in celebration of the school's 100 year anniversary. 

This clipping continues the article about the history of Sayre School.

This photo was included in Betsy's album, but is not labeled.

This is another photo included in Betsy's album with no identification.