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'''Cary Stith Cox''' (September 27, 1857{{snd}}January 22, Jan 1934) was an American [[Mechanics |mechanic]] and [[inventor]] best known for creating a new type of raisin seeder, a [[cotton gin]], and a pressure fruit grinder. 

Cox was born in [[Marietta, Georgia]], on September 27, 1857, the youngest child of Dr. Carey Cox Sr., a doctor, who promoted a "water cure", which developed into a spa that attracted patients to the area, and his wife Frances Stith Haynes, also of Georgia.<ref name="mhist">{{cite web |url=http://www.mariettaga.gov/city/visitors/about/history |title=Archived copy |accessdate=December 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130217143454/http://www.mariettaga.gov/city/visitors/about/history |archivedate=February 17, 2013 }}</ref> Cox started out as a farmer in [[Selma, Alabama]]. Cox married Jessie Maria Helm on October 5, 1887 in [[Fresno, California]]. Jessie was the daughter of [[William Helm]], a notable sheep [[farmer]]. They had three children.

Cox is known for three [[patent]]s, which were used in Fresno, California, in the United States in the mid-20th century: a patent for a raisin seeder (1898), a patent for a [[cotton gin]] (1927), and a pressure fruit grinder (1928). For example, the raisin seeder application was filed on October 2, 1897. The Patent No. US608108A application was granted on July 7, 1898.<ref>
{{cite web 
|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US608108
|title= Raisin-seeder
|last=Cox |first= Cary S.
|date= 1898 
|website= patents.google.com
|publisher=IFI CLAIMS Patent Services
|access-date= 2020-03-19
|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPNplsWFS7MC&dq=%22Cary+S.+Cox%22+and+the+Raisin+Seeder&pg=PA700
|title= Raisin Seeder
|last= |first= 
|date=  1900
|website= books.google.com
|publisher=United States. Patent Office
|access-date= 2020-03-14|quote=}}</ref>

Cox died on January 22, 1934, in Fresno, California. He is buried at the Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, California.   

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