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James Athearn ("J.A.") Folger (June 17 1835 - June 26 1889), was the founder of the Folgers Coffee Company.

Early years

Folger was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel Brown Folger and Nancy Hill. His father was a master blacksmith who had invested in a try works and bought two ships. They had nine children of which James was the second youngest. On July 13, 1846 a 33 acre fire broke out in Nantucket's business section and burned the try works and ship. 11 year old James helped in the reconstruction.

Journey west

After the discovery of gold in California, James (14), along with his brothers Henry (16) and Edward (20) set out in the Fall of 1849 on a ship bound for the Isthmus of Panama. After a raft and hiking journey across the Isthmus, the brothers waited at Panama City for quite a while before catching the pacific mail steamer Isthmus on April 10, 1850. They entered the Golden Gate on May 5, 1850.

Work in San Francisco

Jim decided to stay in San Francisco instead of heading to the gold fields as a result of the high wages being offered. He helped reconstruct after one of San Francisco's many fires, similar to how he had in Nantucket. He helped build a spice-and-coffee mill for a man named William H. Bovee.

Founding of Folger's Coffee

In 1860 he founded the San Francisco coffee firm, known as the J. A. Folger Coffee Company, known today simply as Folgers Coffee.

Legacy

He is the great-grandfather of Peter Folger, and the great-great-grandfather of Abigail Folger.

He is buried in the Folger family plot at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.

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Folgers Coffee is a major brand of coffee in the US, part of the food and beverage division of Procter & Gamble.

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The Folger Coffee Company was founded by J. A. Folger in San Francisco, California in the 19th century.
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Coffee is a widely consumed beverage prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called beans, of the coffee plant. Coffee was first consumed in the 9th century, when it was discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia.
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California Gold Rush 1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill. As news of the discovery spread, some 300,000 people came to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.
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Peter Folger (December 26, 1905- August 27, 1980) was an American coffee heir, socialite, and member of the prominent United States Folger family. He was also the long time Chairman of the board and President at the Folgers Coffee Company. He is the great-grandson of founder J. A.
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Abigail Anne Folger (August 11, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American coffee heiress, debutante, socialite, volunteer social worker, civil rights devotee and member of the prominent United States Folger family. She was the great-great-granddaughter of J. A.
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The Mountain View Cemetery is a large cemetery in Oakland, California. It was established in 1863 by a group of East Bay Pioneers under the California Rural Cemetery Act of 1859. The association they formed still operates the cemetery today.
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