BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — Frosted Flakes, Fruit Loops, even Rice Krispies: The cereal aisle and bake sales would look notably different if not for W.K. Kellogg.
Tuesday will be Kellogg’s 166th birthday, so what better time than to tell the story of one of Battle Creek’s own who helped establish “Cereal City.”
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Will Keith Kellogg was born April 7, 1860, to John Preston and Ann Janette Kellogg, a family of devout Seventh-day Adventists. Faith was extremely important to the Kellogg family, but if anything had a bigger impact on Will than his religion, it was his older brother, John.
John Harvey Kellogg was born eight years earlier and was considered an extremely intelligent child. He graduated from the University of Michigan’s Medical School and merged his medical knowledge with his faith’s dedication to “biologic living,” which focused on a strict diet and personal hygiene…