ALPHA, C. P., St. Mary then Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
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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.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 201.  Edited by
William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.