James William Cannon
James William Cannon (born Mecklenburg County, North Carolina April 25, 1852 – December 21, 1921) was an American industrialist, and founder of the Cannon Mills Corporation and the City of Kannapolis, North Carolina. He was the maker of the first towel ever manufactured in the South.[1] His son was Charles Albert Cannon and his great-grandson is Robin Hayes, a former Republican congressman from North Carolina.
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- ^ "James W. Cannon (1852-1921)". North Carolina History Project. John Locke Foundation. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
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- 1852 births
- 1921 deaths
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- American manufacturing businesspeople
- American textile industry businesspeople
- People from Kannapolis, North Carolina
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- American business biography, 1850s birth stubs