LAGARDE, A. L., Lafourche then Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical
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A. L. LAGARDE, JEANNERETTE, IBERIA PARISH.--A. L. Lagarde was born in
Lafourche parish in 1860.  He is the son of Adrienne and Zeolide (Toups)
Lagarde, both natives of Lafourche parish of French extraction.  Mr.
Lagarde attended Thibodeaux college until he was fifteen years of age,
when he began the study of pharmacy under Joseph T. Thibodeaux, the
founder of the Louisiana Pharmaceutical Association here he remained
five years.  In 1886, in partnership with C. P. Cailiou, he opened up a
drug store in Jeannerette.  After a year, Mr. Lagarde purchased the
entire stock and continued the business alone.  In the same year he
married Miss Ada Parker, daughter of Capt. William and Amanda (Dodrich)
Parker, natives of New York and Ohio respectively.  In 1886 Mr. Lagarde
entered the Chicago National Institute of Pharmacy, graduating from
there in 1888.  In the same year he purchased and took charge of the
Southern Pharmacy, corner of Magazine and Josephine streets, New
Orleans.  His business in Jeannerette is still continued, under the
management of his nephew, Mr. Smyth.  Mr. Lagrade is one of the founders
of the Attakapas Pharmaceutical Association, and is now serving his
second term as president of that organization.  He was appointed by the
Louisiana Pharmaceutical Association, of which he is also a member, a
delegate to Washington, to revise the United States Pharmacopoeia.  Mr.
and Mrs. Lagarde are the parents of two children, both sons, viz: 
Everett and  Huder.

Devoted to his family and business, Mr. Lagarde cares nothing for
political prestige, finding in his business more congenial employment
than in politics.  Mr. Lagarde and family are consistent members of the
Catholic church.  He is also a member of the Catholic Knights of
America.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
pp. 116-117.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The
Gulf Publishing Company.