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INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS.
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his face toward the old home. He did not even
wait for the formalities usually connected with such
events, but simply said to his comrades: "Boys,
come, go home with me," and rode away, in company
with the Regimental Commander, Quartermaster,
other officers and sixty companions.
Of course he found the old farm a wreck and the
slaves gone, but he went to work and for two years
labored unceasingly, obeying the will and directions
of his mother until he was twenty-one years
old. But in 1867 he decided to "go West," and
his home was soon made in Texas. Why should he
be called a pioneer? Because he came to a country
devastated by war and her institutions in a worse
condition than if they had not existed.
Mr. Scarbrough's capital stock, on reaching this
State, consisted entirely of such assets as wellplanned
determination, laudable ambition, wellformed
business habits and sterling integrity good
bankable paper in those days. His first employment
was as a salesman in the store of Hall so we find
him a director in the Austin National Bank, which
is one of the strongest institutions in the State.
Mr. Scarbrough, November 7th, 1877, was married
to Miss Ada R. Ledbetter, a daughter of Isaac
and Julia Ledbetter, who removed to Milam County
in 1853, her mother having died in 1864, after
which her home was with her sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Wilson, who gave her every possible advantage.
On the 23d of May, 1892, the happiness of the home
was broken into by death, who claimed Mrs Scarbrough,
leaving the husband to care for his five
children to whom the tender strength of his nature
has gone out in watchful love.
Mr. Scarbrough is a firm and unbending business
man, but is one of the most approachable of men,
which trait has gone far to make him popular as
well as respected. His word is his bond and through
all the ramifications of his business he will not tolerate
the least misrepresentation or deception of any
kind.
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Brown, John Henry. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, book, 1880~; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6725/m1/543/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.