Jack Daniel

Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel (September 5, 1846 in Lynchburg, Tennessee, † October 10, 1911 ) was an American entrepreneur and founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey distillery.

Curriculum vitae

Jack Daniel was probably born in 1846 as the tenth child of Calaway and Lucinda Daniel in Lynchburg. His exact date of birth is disputed. The details vary from 1846 to 1848 to 1850. Daniels grave stone on the year 1850 is given as year of birth, but since his mother died in 1847 is the date of birth in 1846 most likely. The company Jack Daniel's produced, citing 1850 as Daniel's birth year in 2000 on the occasion of his 150th birthday, a special edition of the whiskey.

After the early death of his mother, he was raised by Dan Call, who also taught him the whiskey - making. In September 1863 call sold the distillery to Daniel. In 1866 the company Jack Daniel's was recorded as the first distillery in the Commercial Register of the United States.

Since Daniel never married and no children left, he handed over the business in 1907 to his nephew, Lem Motlow.

Daniel died in 1911 of blood poisoning, he allegedly contracted through infection of his injured foot. According to legend, Daniel one morning went to work very early and could not remember the number combination of his safe. Out of anger, he kicked the safe and injured his toe. His last words to " One last drink, please" ( German: " One last drink, please " ) have been.