1836

1836

At the age of 16, Joseph Dant founds the J.W. Dant Company. He was the first bourbon maker to utilize the log still method of distilling.
Joseph Washington Dant

Joseph Washington Dant

Joseph Washington Dant is born on May 7th in Marion County Kentucky, to John Baptist and Mary Jane. JW’s aunt (John Baptist Dant’s sister) was Mary Polly Hayden who was married to Lewis Hayden.