Joseph Brown Whitehead (1864–1906) was a lawyer, who, along with Benjamin Thomas and John Thomas Lupton, obtained exclusive rights from Asa Candler to bottle and sell Coca-Cola.[1]
Early life
Whitehead was born in Oxford, Mississippi in 1864.[2] He was the son of Richard H. Whitehead (1836–1912), a Baptist minister in Mississippi, and Mary Amanda Conkey Whitehead (d. 1869). His younger brother was Henry Parsons Whitehead.
He attended the University of Mississippi and graduated with a degree in law.
Career
In 1899, Whitehead and Thomas met with Candler.[3]