Useful corroboration for an evidence-first origin narrative, but not independent proof of any competing inventor claim.
The passage appears within a company and family history that otherwise makes many promotional claims.
Noe says multiple people and families claim priority for bourbon or oak aging, but sparse early Kentucky records leave the first maker uncertain; he explicitly says the Beam family was not first.
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