Bill Samuels

Taylor William Samuels Was the most prominent family member in the early years of the clan’s distilling business. Although ole T. W. was actually in the third generation of the family that distilled whiskey, the recent family of Maker’s Mark fame thought that he was the first. In 1844 T. W. turned his father's little farm distillery in Deatsville, Kentucky into a large commercial operation. It was called the T. W. Samuels & Son Distillery. His son's name was W. I. Samuels and he helped his father in most facets of the business.