BARNARD, Alfred G., St. Mary then Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical
Date: 21 Oct 1998
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ALFRED G. BARNARD, NEW IBERIA.--Alfred G. Barnard, sheriff of Iberia
parish, is a native of St. Mary parish, Louisiana, born August 21, 1854. 
He is the son of John and Cornelia (Gates) Barnard, the former a native
of Vermont, and the latter a native of Louisiana, of Welsh and French
extraction, respectively.

Sheriff Barnard was reared in St. Mary parish, and completed his
education at the Louisiana State University, at Baton Rouge.  After
leaving College he began life as a planter in St. Mary parish, which
vocation he followed four years, when he removed to Iberia parish, 1878,
and, in partnership with his uncle, Judge Fred Gates, he operated a
cotton seed oil mill.  Subsequently he withdrew from this and became a
member of the firm of T. A. Hebert & Co., druggists.  He was elected
sheriff of Iberia parish in 1888.  His term will expire in 1892.

Mr. Barnard married, in 1878, Miss Martha D. Valcourt, of New Iberia. 
They are the parents of two children.  He is a member of the F. and A.
M., Aurora Lodge, No. 39, also of the K. of P., of New Iberia.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
p. 95.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.