Joseph Whitehead (Coca-Cola bottler)

Joseph Whitehead
Born 1864
Oxford, Mississippi
Died 1906
Virginia
Occupation Lawyer, philanthropist

Joseph Brown Whitehead (1864–1906) was a lawyer, who, along with Benjamin Thomas and John Thomas Lupton, obtained exclusive rights from Asa Candler to bottle and sell Coca-Cola.[1]

Whitehead was born in Oxford, Mississippi in 1864.[2] He attended the University of Mississippi and graduated with a degree in law.

He married Lettie Pate in 1895, and then the couple moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee.[3]

In 1889, Whitehead and Thomas met with Candler.[4] Candler gave the two exclusive rights to bottle the soft drink. After this meeting Lupton partnered with them.

Whitehead died in 1906 from pneumonia.

References

  1. ↑ Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Historic Structure Report: Joseph Brown Whitehead Memorial Hospital/Chapin Building". Georgia Tech. April 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  4. ↑ The Coca-Cola System: The Coca-Cola Company


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