He was the son of wealthy property owner, tailor, and Creole of color François Lacroix.
Poems of tribute were published in the New Orleans Tribune including one with a stanza noting Lacroix.
[1] After his death a séance was held and the medium reported that Lacroix sought a continued push for civil rights.
[2] Four years before his death, Lacroix married Sarah Brown, a white woman, in a religious ceremony at St. Alphonse Church.
In a contestation of Lacroix's will, Brown gave testimony that she did not realize her husband was a man of color until after they were wed.