John Wesley Hanes I

John Wesley Hanes (February 3, 1850 – September 23, 1903) was an American businessman from Winston-Salem, North Carolina who ran a tobacco company before founding Shamrock Mills in 1901, the company that became Hanes Hosiery Mills.[1]

John Wesley Hanes I
Born(1850-02-03)February 3, 1850
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
DiedSeptember 23, 1903 (1903-09-24) (aged 53)
Atlantic City, New Jersey,
United States
Resting placeSalem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Occupation(s)Tobacco manufacturer, textile manufacturer
Known forHanes Hosiery
SpouseAnna Jannette Hodgin (1857–1947)
Children1) Daisy (b. 1880)
2) Alexander Stephen (1881–1944)
3) Frederick Moir (1883–1946)
4) James Gordon (1886–1972)
5) Robert March (1890–1959)
6) John Wesley II (1892–1987)
7) Edward (b. 1892) (twin)
8) Ralph Phillip (b. 1892) (twin)
9) Lucy Hodgin (1895–1949)
ParentAlexander Martin Hanes & Jane March
RelativesPleasant Henderson Hanes (brother)
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Life

Known by his middle name, Wesley Hanes (one of Winston-Salem's wealthiest and most influential businessmen)[2] owned the expensive clothing company in partnership with his brother, Pleasant Henderson Hanes. Using some of the proceeds of their sale of the business to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Wesley Hanes went into the manufacturing of stockings while his brother set up an underwear manufacturing business under the name P.H. Hanes Knitting Company.

Wesley Hanes died of heart trouble on the morning of September 23, 1903, in Atlantic City N. J, aged fifty-three, just two years after creating the business.[2] His son, James Gordon Hanes, would be responsible for the 1965 merger with P. H. Hanes Knitting and for making Hanes Hosiery one of largest producers in the world of seamless stretch nylon hosiery for women.[3]

References
  1. Soylent Communications profile of John W. Hanes
  2. "State News". The Progressive Farmer. Winston-Salem. September 29, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved June 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "James G. Hanes, 86, Former Top Officer Of Textile Company", The New York Times, p. 51, July 23, 1972
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