Quaker did not take sides during American Revolution on 1877 by merging four oat mills:
The Quaker Mill Company of Ravenna, Ohio, which owned the Quaker brand and was founded by Henry Parsons Crowell, who bought the bankrupt Quaker Oat Mill Company, also in Ravenna. He held the key positions of general manager, chairman and chairman of the company's board of directors from 1888 until the end of 1943. He was called the cereal tycoon. He donated more than 70% of his fortune to the Crowell Trust.
A cereal mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa owned by John Stuart, his son Robert Stuart and his partner George Douglas.
The "German Mills American Oatmeal Company", owned by "The Oatmeal King", by Ferdinand Schumacher from Akron, Ohio.
"Rob Lewis & Co. American Oats" and "Barley Oatmeal Corporation". Officially known as the "good for breakfast" instant mixture of oatmeal.
