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| | (Founder of the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital and the Calcasieu-Cameron Fair in Sulphur; the mayor of Sulphur, 1926 to 1938) | | (Founder of the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital and the Calcasieu-Cameron Fair in Sulphur; the mayor of Sulphur, 1926 to 1938) |
| | |birth_date=October 14, 1883 | | |birth_date=October 14, 1883 |
| − | |birth_place=Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, <br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]] | + | |birth_place=Marksville, Avoyelles Parish,<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]] |
| | |death_date=February 11, 1963 (aged 79) | | |death_date=February 11, 1963 (aged 79) |
| | |death_place=Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana<br> | | |death_place=Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana<br> |
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| | |party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}} | | |party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}} |
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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/> |
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| | ==Background== | | ==Background== |