Pepper, James Edwards
Born: Woodford County, Ky. 18 May 1850
Died: 1906
Married: Ella Offutt 1890
Companies Associated With: Old Oscar Pepper Distillery 1865-1879
James E Pepper Distillery 1880-1906
Brands Associated With: Old Oscar Pepper
James E. Pepper
Henry Clay
Contributions to the Industry: One of the first distillers to start bottling their own product, created a strip stamp with his signature across the cork to insure authenticity.
Early use of advertising slogans - "Born With the Republic" and "Old 1776"
Contributions to the Community: Owner of many racehorses many of which ran in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks
Mike Veach