James F. Johnston
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19:(born 31 August 1865) was an American businessman and the founder of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the first Coca-Cola franchisee. Johnston was raised in Bradley County, Tennessee. He was the son of Sarah Amelia Tucker and James Miller Johnston. By the late 1880s, Johnston was engaged in business at
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