Origins & Early Life

Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel (c. 1849 – October 9, 1911) was an American distiller and businessman, best known as the founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery. Jasper Newton Daniel was the youngest of ten children born to Calaway and Lucinda Matilda (née Cook) Daniel. He was of Scots-Irish, Scottish, and Welsh descent; his grandfather, Joseph "Job" Daniel, was born in Wales, while his grandmother, Elizabeth Calaway, was born in Scotland.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

His paternal grandparents emigrated to the United States in the late 18th century. Daniel's date of birth is unknown, with various sources placing it in 1846, 1849 and 1850. According to one source, he was born in January 1849, in or around Lynchburg, Tennessee. An alternative possibility is that Jack was born in late 1846 since his mother died in January 1847. A town fire had destroyed the courthouse records, and, because his mother died shortly after his birth, most likely due to complications from childbirth, conflicting dates on his and his mother's tombstones have left Daniel's date of birth in question.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

On June 26, 1851, his father remarried and had another three children with Matilda Vanzant, but would later die...

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