Moses H. Cone
| Moses Herman Cone | |
|---|---|
Moses Herman Cone (sitting)
and his brother Ceasar Cone |
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| Born |
June 29, 1857 Jonesboro, Tennessee |
| Died | December 8, 1908 (aged 51) Baltimore, Maryland |
| Cause of death | Pulmonary edema |
| Education | Jonesboro High School |
| Occupation | Textiles |
| Spouse(s) | Bertha Lindau |
| Children | none |
| Parent(s) | Herman (Kahn) Cone Helen Guggenheimer |
Moses Herman Cone (June 29, 1857 – December 8, 1908) was an American textile entrepreneur, conservationist, and philanthropist of the Gilded Age who was active in the southern United States. He began his career in sales and became an innovator who offered finished clothing, which was unusual in an era when textiles were normally sold as unfinished cloth.
Cone manufactured unusual textile fabrics and founded a company that became a leading manufacturer of denim. His company was a major supplier to Levi Strauss and Company for nearly a century.
Mr. Cone and his wife had no children and donated substantial property upon their deaths. Their home Flat Top Manor has become a North Carolina tourist attraction that receives 250,000 visitors a year. It forms part of Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, which is run by the National Park Service. Their donations founded the Moses Cone Health System, a private not-for-profit health care system based in Greensboro, North Carolina and its principle facility The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital.
Moses Herman Cone was born in 1857 in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He was the eldest of thirteen children of Jewish-German immigrants. His parents, Herman Kahn and Helen Guggenheimer, emigrated from Germany to America in the 1840s. Moses' father changed his last name from Kahn to "Cone" almost immediately upon arrival in the United States to become more American.
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