James L. Kraft
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James Lewis Kraft (December 11, 1874–February 16, 1953) was a Canadian
Canada
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-American
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 entrepreneur and inventor. Born near Stevensville
Stevensville, Ontario
Stevensville is a small community in southern Ontario, Canada in the town of Fort Erie, most notable as the birthplace of Canadian entrepreneur James L. Kraft.-General Community Description:...

, Ontario
Ontario
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 in Canada to Mennonite
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 parents, George and Minerva Tripp Kraft, he was the first to patent processed cheese
Processed cheese
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. Kraft was educated in the Stevensville area and worked nearby at Ferguson's general store in Fort Erie, Ontario.

After immigrating to Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
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 and then Chicago
Chicago
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 in 1903, he began selling cheese from a horse-drawn wagon.
 
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