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'''Alvan Henry Lafargue, Sr.''', [[M.D.]] (October 14, 1883 – February 11, 1963), was a [[Louisiana]] [[physician]] for fifty years and a [[politician]] and civic leader. He was one of the early settlers and the [[mayor]] from 1926 to 1938 of Sulphur west of [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of his state.<ref name=lahist/>
'''Alvan Henry Lafargue, Sr.''', [[M.D.]] (October 14, 1883 – February 11, 1963), was a [[Louisiana]] [[physician]] for fifty years and a [[politician]] and civic leader. He was one of the early settlers and the [[mayor]] from 1926 to 1938 of Sulphur west of [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of his state.<ref name=lahist/>
'''"Fifty years of being a doctor adds up to lots of buggy trips on cold nights and hot days, long hours of waiting for babies to be born, tears, laughter, and a heap of satisfaction."''' - Dr. Lafargue
A Lafargue nephew, Malcolm Lafargue, a son of Edwin Louis Lafargue, was from 1941 to 1950 the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, based in [[Shreveport]]. Dr. Lafargue and his nephew died six weeks apart in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103311402|title=M. E. Lafargue, Former [U.S.] Attorney, Dies – Succumbs in Sleep Here at Age 54; Services Saturday|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]''|date=March 28, 1963|pages=1-A, 4-A|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref>
A Lafargue nephew, Malcolm Lafargue, a son of Edwin Louis Lafargue, was from 1941 to 1950 the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, based in [[Shreveport]]. Dr. Lafargue and his nephew died six weeks apart in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103311402|title=M. E. Lafargue, Former [U.S.] Attorney, Dies – Succumbs in Sleep Here at Age 54; Services Saturday|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]''|date=March 28, 1963|pages=1-A, 4-A|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref>
==Medical practice==
==Medical practice==
Lafargue practiced medicine in Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish, Baldwin and Franklin in St. Mary Parish, and, finally, Sulphur, to which he located in 1915.<ref name=lahist/> The Lafargue family was among the first to settle in Sulphur. The Lafargues spoke [[France|French]] but did not pass on the language to their children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sulphurdailynews.com/article/20081012/NEWS/310129987|title=Meet Your Neighbors: Prudence LaFarge Burns|publisher=''The Sulphur Daily News''|date=October 12, 2008|author=Susan LaFarge Kyle|accessdate=February 13, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Lafargue practiced medicine in Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish, Baldwin and Franklin in St. Mary Parish, and, finally, Sulphur, to which he located in 1915.<ref name=lahist/> The Lafargue family was among the first to settle in Sulphur. The Lafargues spoke [[France|French]] but did not pass on the language to their children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sulphurdailynews.com/article/20081012/NEWS/310129987|title=Meet Your Neighbors: Prudence LaFarge Burns|publisher=''The Sulphur Daily News''|date=October 12, 2008|author=Susan LaFarge Kyle|accessdate=February 13, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>