Jack Daniel
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| Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel | |
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| Born | 1850 Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee, USA |
| Died | October 10, 1911 Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee, USA |
| Occupation | distiller, businessman |
| Spouse | none |
| Parents | Calaway Daniel (father) Lucinda Cook (mother) |
| Children | none |
Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel (1850 – 1911), was the founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery.
Daniel was born in Lynchburg, Tennessee to Lucinda Cook and Calaway Daniel.[1] He was born in September, although seemingly no one knows the exact date. If the 1850 date is correct, he may have become a licensed distiller at the age of 16, as the distillery claims a founding date of 1866. Other records list his birthdate as September 5, 1846, and in his 2004 biography Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel author Peter Krass maintains that land and deed records show the distillery was actually not founded until 1875. Daniel was one of thirteen children, of Welsh descent.
Since Jack Daniel never married and did not have any children, he took his favorite nephew, Lem Motlow, under his wing. Motlow had a head for numbers and was soon doing all the distillery's bookkeeping. In 1907, due to failing health, Jack Daniel gave the distillery to his nephew. Jack later died from blood poisoning in 1911.
The infection allegedly set up originally in a toe, which Daniel injured in kicking his safe in anger when he couldn't get it open early one morning at work — he had always had trouble remembering the combination. This incident was the subject of a marketing poster used on the London Underground in January 2006, with the line "Moral: Never go to work early."
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- History of Jack Daniel
- Jack Daniel's Collectors Page Jack Daniel & Lem Motlow collectables, jugs and bottles.
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