1891 Biography - C. P. Alpha

C. P. ALPHA, LAFAYETTE. -- C. P. Alpha, president of the police jury of Lafayette parish, was born in St. Mary parish, in 1846. His father was a native of Indiana, who came South and located in Louisiana in 1832, where he married the mother of our subject. The grandfather of C. P. Alpha served in the war of 1812, and was a participant in the battle of New Orleans. He afterward located in Washington City, and was subsequently appointed chief justice of the State of Indiana.

C. P. Alpha grew to maturity and received his education in St. Mary parish. He learned the trade of carpenter, and after locating in Lafayette parish, in 1871, became an extensive constructor and builder. He was elected a member of the town council of Lafayette and served six years. He was afterward justice of the peace and returning officer, and is also a notary public. He has served the parish faithfully, and as executive officer of the police jury has few superiors. In 1886 Mr. Alpha became engaged with the Waters Price Oil Company, and is now their agent at this place. He was married in Lafayette to Miss M. I. McBride. They are the parents of eight children, five girls and three boys.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, page 201.