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E.H. Taylor is born in the Jackson Purchase area of western Kentucky.
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Father (John Taylor) moves family to New Orleans.
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E.H.'s father dies of cholera on a steamboat trip north.
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Taylor's family placed under guardianship of Zachary Taylor, the soon-to-be president.
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Life between 1837 and 1852. E.H. moves to Lexington to live with father's older brother, has Jr. added to name. He studies business, law and politics.
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Taylor marries Francis Miller Johnson
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Between 1852 and 58, Taylor and his wife have children, he starts a banking business, but it fails.
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Civil War, which has destroyed Taylor's banking business, ends.
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Taylor moves his family back to western Kentucky where he sets up business trading in cotton another commodities.
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Taylor moves to Frankfort to take a job with Gaines, Berry & Co. He spends a year in Europe and learns about distilling and how to run a top-notch distillery.
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Taylor buys distillery owned by S.J.M. Major, Richard Tobin, and James Graham in 1869 and sets out to build the world's most advanced distillery.
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Taylor modernized existing distillery buildings and constructed the first O.F.C. Distillery in 1873.
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Taylor builds Carlisle Distillery, first named Arlington Distillery. Named after John G. Carlisle, a U.S. congressman from Kentucky.
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First O.F.C. burns in 1882 and is rebuilt, but due to Taylor's desire to build a better distillery, he has to borrow money from George T. Stagg.
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Taylor is pushed out of OFC. In the agreement, Taylor gets the Glenn's Creek Distillery, later named Old Taylor.
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After Taylor resigns his position, he takes up politics, lobbying Congress for stricter rules regarding bourbon production. This leads eventually to the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and the FDA.
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BIB Act, the precursor of the Pure Food and Drug Act passes. The law protects the consumer by ensuring the origins of bourbons produced at distillers, as well as their proof level.
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Taylor passes away at the age of 93.
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The brand returns to BTD.