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J. A. Folger married Eleanor Laughran (born October 17, 1837) and was the father of James Athearn Folger Jr. (1864–1921), who married Clare Luning. James and Eleanor had three other children; John Athearn m. Nancy Try (née Slaughter), Ernest Randolph, and Elizabeth.
In 1889, Folger died, and his oldest son, James A. Folger II, became president of J.A. Folger & Co at the age of 26. In the 1900s, the company began to grow dramatically due primarily to a salesman named Frank P. Atha. Atha sold coffee in the California area, but proposed to James Folger II that he open and manage a Folgers Coffee plant in ...
The Bohemian Club's mascot is an owl, here cast in masonry, and perched over the main club entrance at 20601 Bohemian Ave, Monte Rio, CA 95462.. The following list of Bohemian Club members includes both past and current members of note.
James Athearn Folger, II (1864–1921) and his wife Clara E. (née Luning, 1866–1940), heir to J. A. Folger and Folgers Coffee Company, built the estate and stables between 1905 and 1906. This is considered the historically significant period of architecture (per the National Park Service ). [ 1 ]
He was the son of James Athearn Folger, Jr. (born c. 1864) and wife Clare Luning and paternal grandson of founder J. A. Folger, and the father of Abigail Folger, who was killed in the notorious Tate–LaBianca murders in 1969 at the age of 25.
Henry Clay Folger Jr. was born in New York City to Henry Clay Folger Sr. of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Eliza Jane (Clark) Folger of New York, the eldest of their eight children. He was a first cousin six times removed of Benjamin Franklin and a nephew of J. A. Folger, the founder of Folger Coffee.
Folger is an English and German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abiah Folger (1667–1752), mother of Benjamin Franklin; Abigail Folger (1943–1969), American civil rights activist; Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888–1941), American politician; Charles J. Folger (1818–1884), American politician
The five-story plus basement, Renaissance Revival style building was originally built in 1904 as the headquarters of J. A. Folger & Company, and remained the main offices of the company until 1963 when Folger's Coffee was purchased by Procter & Gamble.