Item 48377 - Mary King Southgate, Scarborough, ca. 1870
- Item 48377 - Mary King Southgate, Scarborough, ca. 1870
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Image Info Mary King Southgate (1799-1829), the daughter of Mary King and Robert Southgate of Gorham and Scarborough, wore coral jewelry in this image of her, a painting probably made from a portrait. Robert Southgate was a prominent physician, judge, and businessman.
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In 1824, she married Grenville Mellen (1799-1829), a lawyer and poet who was the son of Maine's first chief justice, Prentiss Mellen.