SCARBOROUGH, David O., Natchitoches then Caddo Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. Scarborough, David. O., prominent member of the Shreveport bar, was born in Natchitoches, La., Aug. 1, 1885, a son of D. C. and Lucy (Paxton) Scarborough, of that city. He received his early education in the public schools of his locality and in the State mal, at Natchitoches, after which he enrolled at the Louisiana State university, where he graduated in 1906, with the degree of B. A. He then entered the University of Virginia, remaining there one year. In 1908 he received a diploma from the law department of Tulane university. Mr. Scarborough first began the practice of his profession at Shreveport, where he has since remained and has built up a splendid practice. He is known as an able and efficient lawyer, and is regarded as one of the foremost members of his profession in that locality. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective order of Elks and the Knights Pythias. He is also a member of the Shreveport Golf club, of which he is a stockholder. April 9, 1913, Mr. Scarborough was united in wedlock to Margaret, a daughter of F. T. Wheland, vice-president of the Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 789-790. Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.