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Alvan Lafargue was educated in the Avoyelles Parish schools, [[Louisiana State University]], the [[Tulane University]] Medical School, and the [[Memphis]] Hospital Medical School, since the [[University of Tennessee|University of Tennessee Medical Center]], from which he graduated in 1910. He married the former Florestine Richard (pronounced REE SHARD) of Baldwin in St. Mary Parish, a daughter of Arthur Richard, a [[sugar]] planter, and the former Blanche Dumesnil. The couple had four children, Alvan, Jr. (1913–1994), Myron J. Lafargue (1914–1973), Irene L. Owens (1917–1969), and Prudence L. Burns (1924–2009).<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site29.php|title=Lafargue, Alvan Henry|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' publication of the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses Erbon W. Wise (a Sulphur author), ''Brimstone! The History of Sulphur, Louisiana '' (1981) and the Lafargue family papers as the basis of its sketch of Dr. Lafargue.</ref>
Alvan Lafargue was educated in the Avoyelles Parish schools, [[Louisiana State University]], the [[Tulane University]] Medical School, and the [[Memphis]] Hospital Medical School, since the [[University of Tennessee|University of Tennessee Medical Center]], from which he graduated in 1910. He married the former Florestine Richard (pronounced REE SHARD) of Baldwin in St. Mary Parish, a daughter of Arthur Richard, a [[sugar]] planter, and the former Blanche Dumesnil. The couple had four children, Alvan, Jr. (1913–1994), Myron J. Lafargue (1914–1973), Irene L. Owens (1917–1969), and Prudence L. Burns (1924–2009).<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site29.php|title=Lafargue, Alvan Henry|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' publication of the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses Erbon W. Wise (a Sulphur author), ''Brimstone! The History of Sulphur, Louisiana '' (1981) and the Lafargue family papers as the basis of its sketch of Dr. Lafargue.</ref>
===Other family members==
===Other family members===
Lafargue's grandfather, Pierre-Adolphe Lafargue (1818-1869), was an educator who served as the school superintendent for Avoyelles Parish and founded Marksville High School. He was also a mayor of Marksville. He started the newspaper then named ''The Pelican'' and later ''The Marksville Villager.''
Lafargue's grandfather, Pierre-Adolphe Lafargue (1818-1869), was an educator who served as the school superintendent for Avoyelles Parish and founded Marksville High School. He was also a mayor of Marksville. He started the newspaper then named ''The Pelican'' and later ''The Marksville Villager.''