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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.''
Lafargue's father, Judge Lafargue, continued to publish the newspaper as the ''Marksville Weekly News.''<ref name=doctors>{{cite web|url=http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/FTBooks/reid%20doctors.htm|title=Early Calcasieu Doctors|publisher=McNeese State University|accessdate=February 17, 2011}}</ref>
Lafargue's father, Judge Lafargue, continued to publish the newspaper as the ''Marksville Weekly News.''<ref name=doctors>{{cite web|url=http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/FTBooks/reid%20doctors.htm|title=Early Calcasieu Doctors|publisher=McNeese State University|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
Lafargue's brother, Walter Strong Lafargue (1879-1951) of Thibodaux,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lafargue&GSfn=Walter&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=91541057&df=all&|title=Walter Strong Lafargue|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 13, 2015}}</ref> was first the assistant principal of Thibodaux College and thereafter the long-term superintendent of schools in Lafourche Parish.<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]], ''History of Louisiana,'' Vol. 1 (1925), pp 388-389.</ref>
Lafargue's brother, Walter Strong Lafargue (1879-1951) of Thibodaux,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lafargue&GSfn=Walter&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=91541057&df=all&|title=Walter Strong Lafargue|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 13, 2015}}</ref> was first the assistant principal of Thibodaux College and thereafter the long-term superintendent of schools in Lafourche Parish.<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]], ''History of Louisiana,'' Vol. 1 (1925), pp 388-389.</ref>