Colles family

JAMES COLLES

James Colles (1788-1883) was a prominent merchant of New York City, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Morristown, New Jersey. He was the son of John Colles and Gertrude Seloover. As a young man, he was a clerk in several mercantile firms and represented a New York importer in Canada during the War of 1812. In 1817, in partnership with David I. Rogers, Colles opened his own trading company in New Orleans and traveled frequently between New York and Louisiana. In 1823 he was appointed president and director of the New Orleans branch of the Bank of the United States, a post he retained until 1835. In 1840 he sold his business and settled permanently in New York.

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