Martha Arabella Scorpio

Martha Arabella was a popular girl who took after her mother in personality and hair color. She was named for her grandmother, who died a few days before her birth. She shocked her parents by declaring her desire to return home to help raise her siblings and study instead.

After the death of both parents, she lived with her younger half brother Frederic Scorpio and became involved in local politics, petitioning Boston notables to donate funds towards building up Front Street. She never married and had no interest in romance, though she devoured novels about the subject. She was particularly close to her grandson Francis, who was devastated when Martha died.