Bio: SCARBOROUGH, David O., Natchitoches then Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller



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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.