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Adolphe Jalmeus Lafargue (1855 - 1917)

Adolphe Jalmeus Lafargue
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles, Louisiana, USAmap
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Died at age 61 in Marksville, Avoyelles, Louisiana, USAmap
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Biography

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Native of Marksville, Louisiana (1855-1917)

Adolphe Jalmeus Lafargue

From an 1890 biographical sketch:

Birth

He was born in Marksville, Louisiana, October 3, 1855, to Prof. Adolphe Lafargue and Marie Zepherine Zoriche.[1]

Education

Adolphe J. Lafargue received his education in Jefferson Literary College of St. James Parish, Louisiana, and afterward took up the study of law, entering the law department of the Louisiana University (now Tulane), at the age of twenty years, but as he was too young to receive a license, he entered the journalistic field, as manager of the Bulletin, of which he became editor and proprietor some three years later, a position he has since held. [1]

Career

He has taken a prominent part in the different enterprises which have been set on foot in this parish, and in 1884 represented Avoyelles Parish at the World's Exposition, being appointed tax assessor of the parish the same year. [1]

At the end of two years he was appointed clerk of the district court, and served with distinction until May, 1888, when he began the practice of the law in partnership with his father-in-law (via both marriages!), Judge A B. Irion.[1]

For the past three years he has been vice-president of the Louisiana Press Association, having been of the organizers of the same. [1]

First Marriage

In 1878 he was married to Miss Annie Winn Irion, a daughter of Ex-Congressman A B. Irion of this parish. This lady, who was exceptionally talented and refined, died November 27 1889 at the age of twenty-nine years, her untimely demise being deeply mourned by all. Four children were born to them, - four sons: Walter, Edwin Louis, Alvan Henry and Sidney Eustis. [1]

Second Marriage

Emma Irion (sister of Annie). Adolphe and Emma had four children: Martha, Alfred Irion, Valentine King, Myron Reed (who died as an infant), and Annie. Emma died on Saturday, 3 Jun 1961 in Metairie, LA.[2]

Military

In 1884 Mr. Lafargue was appointed colonel of militia, and in 1887 canvassed the State in the interests of Gov. McEnery, of whom he is a personal and political friend, in company with Senator Eustis, Ex-Senator Jonas and others. [1]

Public Speaking

He has had considerable experience as a public speaker. He delivered an address at the meeting of the National Press Association, on "The Relations of the Press to the Country and especially to the South," which was highly commended. He also took a leading part in the discussions on "Sectionalism," at the meeting of the same association the succeeding year at San Antonio, Tex. He delivered addresses before the Louisiana Press Association on "The Duties and Abuses of Journalism," "The State and the Press," and other subjects, which were also very favorably received. [1]

Mr. Lafargue is a young attorney of undoubted ability, and as a forcible and convincing speaker has especially distinguished himself. In his journalistic work he is noted for his fearless denunciation of dishonest measures, and for his upholding of the right at all times, the strength of logic which he brings to bear being forcible and unanswerable.[1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Randy P. DeCuir, Adolphe J. Lafargue: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Avoyelles Parish (Marksville, La.: Avoyelles Pub., 1990) p. 55.
  2. Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunday 4 Jun 1961) p. 23. Article retrieved from GenealogyBank.com on 15 Oct 2015.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTX-KT9 : accessed 3 May 2016), Lewis A Lafargue in household of Adolph J Lafargue, Marksville, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 29A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,521.
  • Son's death record names parents: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36G-5PP : accessed 3 May 2016), Aldophe J Lafargue in entry for Valentine King Lafargue, 06 Dec 1972; citing certificate number 88495, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,194.

See Also:

  • Feldhauser, Goode King, and G.M.G. Stafford, The King Family, Item 3 ed. Vol. FHL Film No. 877519, (Salt Lake City, UT: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971) pp. 149, 186, 301-303.
  • Gerald Irion, Phillip Jacob Irion (1733-1794): Ancestors, Descendants, and Other Irion Lineages (Dallas, TX: Author, 1990) pp. 149, 186, 301-303.




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