Allain, Alfred P.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Alfred P. Allain, planter, Musson, La. Prominent among the leading men of Iberville parish, and among those deserving special notice for their public spirit and energy, is the gentleman of whom this notice is given. He is a native of Louisiana, born in West Baton Rouge parish, June 15, 1846, and is the son of Fergus and AdlŠ (Grandpr‚) Allain, natives of West and East Baton Rouge parishes, respectively. The Allain family is of French and the Grandpr‚ of Spanish descent. Fergus Allain was a farmer by occupation, as were his ancestors before him. He died in East Baton Rouge parish when seventy-six years of age, and his wife also died in that parish at the age of sixty.

Alfred P. Allain, one of seven children, was educated in the high schools of New Orleans and lacked one course of graduating. In 1862 he joined the Ninth Louisiana Battalion in East Baton Rouge parish, and served in this until taken prisoner at Port Hudson. After being paroled he was transferred to heavy artillery at Mobile, and afterward was detailed to return to Louisiana on special duty. While in a cavalry company at Woodville, Miss., he was taken prisoner and conveyed to Camp Douglas, Chicago, where he remained for nine months, or until the close of the war.

Returning to West Baton Rouge parish he took charge of his father's estate and remained there two years, after which he went to East Baton Rouge parish. He subsequently came to Musson, Iberville parish, and was engaged in merchandising for several years. He is now engaged in raising cotton, and has carried on tne cotton seed business for some time. In 1880 he was elected justice of the peace and has held that office ever since. In politics he is democratic. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. While merchandising and farming he represented the Louisiana Central railroad here. It was then known as the Grosse Tete railroad.

From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, pp. 247-248