Background
Coles, Alfred Porter was born on July 5, 1861 in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. Son of J. F. and Susan (Hunt) Coles.
Coles, Alfred Porter was born on July 5, 1861 in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. Son of J. F. and Susan (Hunt) Coles.
Educated Cumberland U. Preparatory school and Vanderbilt University.
Formerly president American National Bank, El Paso. Organizer and president El Paso Cotton Mills Company. Chairman of the Board El Paso branch Federal Reserve Bank.
President El Paso Real Estate Company.
Head of firm of A. P. Coles & Brothers, real estate and mortgage loans. Also head of Coles Brothers & Saunders Company.
Farmer and live stock raiser. Active in war work and in special duty by appointment of secretary of war.
Mason, Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Toltec, El Paso Country, Louisiana Cumbre Golf (Santa Barbara, California).
Married Nellye Bell, January 18, 1893.