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Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel
B. September 5, 1850 – d. October 10, 1911

Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel was an American Distiller and the founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery.

Jack Daniel (b) 1850-09-05 (d)1911-10-10

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 at Lynchburg in 1911. (Full article...)