Do not turn generalized frontier reconstruction into established facts about individual relatives or fixed gender roles. Jacob's death remains uncertain in this account, and the later David M. succession dates conflict elsewhere.
Early family distilling
David's takeover around 1820 is presented as oral tradition. Pacult fills sparse family documentation with a broader description of farm production, seasonal work, grain handling, fermentation and household labor. He gives approximate small-distillery output rather than a surviving Beam production log.
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Early family distilling
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Evidence
David's takeover around 1820 is presented as oral tradition. Pacult fills sparse family documentation with a broader description of farm production, seasonal work, grain handling, fermentation and household labor. He gives approximate small-distillery output rather than a surviving Beam production log.
Location and context
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Pacult 2003 04 — David Beam succession and reconstructed family labor
Annotation
Do not turn generalized frontier reconstruction into established facts about individual relatives or fixed gender roles. Jacob's death remains uncertain in this account, and the later David M. succession dates conflict elsewhere.