Jack Daniel's
Jack Daniel's is a Tennessee whiskey distillery and brand known for its square bottles and black label. The company, based in Lynchburg, Tennessee, has been owned by the Brown-Forman conglomerate since 1956.
It is believed that the founder - Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel - was born in September 1850, although nobody knows the exact date with some records listed as 5th September 1846. He was one of thirteen children, from Scotch-Irish descent.
Since Jack Daniel never married and didn't have any children, he took his favourite nephew, Lem Motlow, under his wing. Lem 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.
It has continued to pretend in marketing that Lem Motlow, who died in 1947, is Proprietor. Likewise, the advertisements continue to say that Lynchburg has only 361 people, while the current population is actually 5,740.
