2004

2004

Frederick Booker Noe, II, grandson of Jim Beam and Master Distiller for The Jim Beam Company, passes away at the age of 74.

1893

George T. Stagg, owner of O.F.C. Distillery (later known as Buffalo Trace) passes away at the age of just 57 in Baltimore, MD.

1923

Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr., founder of the O.F.C. Distillery brand, passes away at the age of 92 in Frankfort, KY.

1808

Elijah Craig, the Father of Bourbon, passed away at the age of 79 in Kentucky.

1989

Charles Everett Beam Sr., master distiller at Michter’s, passes away at the age of 82. He was the son of Joseph L. Beam, the brother of Elmo Beam, and the nephew of Minor Case Beam.