James Griffin Boswell, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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founder of the J. G. Boswell Company
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About James Griffin Boswell
- James Griffin Boswell (May 13, 1882 - September 11, 1952), was founder of the J.
- G.
- Boswell Company, known today as the world's largest privately owned farm.
- Primary crops include Pima cotton, alfalfa hay, tomatoes, onions, and wheat, all cultivated on some 135,000 acres (550 km2) mostly in Kings County, California.
- Boswell migrated to Pasadena, California as a regional cotton broker from Greene County, Georgia.
- He established his company in Corcoran, California in 1921.
- With the help of his brother, William Whittier Boswell, J.
- G.
- Boswell began growing and ginning cotton, as well as marketing it.From 1952 to 1984, the company was headed by J.
- G.'s nephew and William Boswell's son, James G.
- Boswell II (1923–2009).
- He is credited with the company's massive growth during the last half of the twentieth century.
- In the early 21st century, the J.
- G.
- Boswell Company is led by the son of J.
- G.
- Boswell II, James W.
- Boswell.
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