John Wesley Hanes I

John Wesley Hanes I
Born	(1850-02-03)February 3, 1850 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Died	September 22, 1903 (1903-09-23) (aged 53) Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Resting place	Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Occupation	Tobacco manufacturer, textile manufacturer
Known for	Hanes Hosiery
Spouse(s)	Anna Jannette Hodgin (1857-1947)
Children	1) Daisy (b. 1880) 2) Alexander Stephen (1881-1944) 3) Frederick Moir (1883-1946) 4) (1886-1972) 5) (1890-1959) 6) John Wesley II (1892-1987) 7) Edward (b. 1892) (twin) 8) Ralph Phillip (b. 1892) (twin) 9) Lucy Hodgin (1895-1949)
Parent(s)	Alexander Martin Hanes & Jane March
Relatives	Brother: Pleasant Henderson Hanes

John Wesley Hanes (February 3, 1850 – September 22, 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]

Life[]

Known by his middle name, Wesley Hanes (one of Winston-Salem's wealthiest and most influential business men)^[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 29th 1903 in Atlantic City N. J, aged fifty-three,^[3] just two years after creating the business. His son, , would be responsible for the 1963 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.^[4]

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