History Of Jack Daniels
The oldest and most popular whiskey in the world, Jack Daniel's, has been around since 1866. The complicated history of how it became an American symbol is well worth exploring. Callaway and Lucinda Matilda Daniel welcomed their son Jack into the world in 1849. Jack's ancestry included Irish, Scots, and Welsh. The Civil War took his father's life, and Jack's relationship with his stepmother was strained. Dan Call, a local priest and moonshine manufacturer, took him in when he ran away. Hard labor and long hours on the farm transformed Jack's life in the late 1850s.