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David Robert Coker

David Robert Coker (20 November 1870 – 28 November 1938) was an agricultural reformer and a son of Major James Lide Coker, founder of Coker College and Sonoco, Inc.

James Lide Coker

Of all that has been said and written about Major Coker, the words that best describe his philosophy came from his grandson, Charles W. Coker.

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Major James Lide Coker (January 3, 1837 in Society Hill, South Carolina – June 25, 1918 in Hartsville, South Carolina) was a businessman, merchant, industrialist, philanthropist, and Civil War veteran, and the founder of Sonoco Products Company and Coker College.

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Hartsville, South Carolina has enjoyed lasting benefits from his decision to build his own railroad spur (at his own expense) when other town merchants wouldn't agree to help fund construction.

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