Maxwell Wilber Becton (22 August 1868 Kingston, North Carolina – 2 January 1951

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) co-founded

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in 1897 with

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Biography

Born in

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, Becton moved to

, where his company was based, and died there in his home in 1951. Becton is interred at Hillside Cemetery in

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.Maxwell Wilbur Becton

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. Accessed September 24, 2007.

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1868 births 1951 deaths BD (company) people American businesspeople People from Rutherford, New Jersey Burials at Hillside Cemetery (Lyndhurst, New Jersey) {{US-business-bio-1860s-stub