William Harrison Scarborough

[3] She died in childbirth on March 29, 1835, and he and his infant son John left Tennessee for Alabama before settling in Charleston, South Carolina in 1836.

[2] It was in Charleston that he was provided with his first commissions when planter and lawyer John Miller asked him to paint some of his seven daughters; the artist married one of the seven, Miranda Eliza, on November 28, 1838,[2] and the couple lived with her parents for a time before moving.

[3] Scarborough had opened a studio in Cheraw, South Carolina in 1836, and his father-in-law's connections soon ensured a steady stream of patronage there from families such as the DuBoses, Murrells, Furmans, and Lides.

[7] He continued traveling, visiting Charleston and Nashville on business and touring Europe, stopping in London, Paris, and Rome, in 1857.

[9] Scarborough continued painting to the end of his life; at his death, he had completed over 230 portraits and left an estate valued at $20,000, a substantial sum for the period.

[3] He was initially interred in the churchyard of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral but was removed some years later when his wife went to live with a daughter in Ridge Spring.