J. A. Folger

J. A. Folger

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.

External links

* [http://www.folgers.com/ The Official Website of Folgers Coffee]
* The Folger Way - Coffee Pioneering since 1850 - Ruth Waldo Newhall (1961) (no ISBN number)
* [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=glencoe&id=I21989 James A. Folger's Family tree]
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