James Lide Coker
Major James Lide Coker (January 3, 1837 in Society Hill, South Carolina – June 25, 1918 in Hartsville, South Carolina) Civil War veteran, founder of Sonoco, Coker College, businessman, merchant, banker, railroad man, industrialist, philanthropist. Affectionately known by all as "The Major" after his service in the Confederate Army.
James Lide Coker was the son of Caleb and Hannah Lide Coker and the great-grandson of Revolutionary War Captain Thomas Coker, who moved to South Carolina from Virginia in 1742. Major Coker married Sue Armstrong Stout in 1860, and they were the parents of nine children, six of whom survived childhood: Margaret, James Lide Jr., David, William, Jennie, Charles Westfield, and Susan.
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