Francois Lacroix ( 1806 – 1876 ) was a wealthy tailor , fabric merchant , and prominent Creole landowner in New Orleans , Louisiana along with his brother Julien Adolphe Lacroix ( 1808 – 1868 ) . His son Victor Lacroix was killed and mutilated in the New Orleans massacre of 1866 when Republicans gathered and paraded for a constitutional convention at the Mechanics Institute in New Orleans and were attacked by Democrats including armed police and firemen . He took care of the widow , a white woman ( Sarah Brown ) , and the two children left behind
New Orleans massacre of 1866
New Orleans massacre of 1866
Francois Lacroix