He was from Fordyce in southeast Arkansas and owned a mill that shaped white oak lumber into staves for the casks that hold sherry and whiskey.

• 他来自阿肯色州东南部的福代斯，拥有一个木料加工厂，把白橡木加工成做酒桶的木板，酒桶可以盛雪利酒（一种西班牙的高浓度葡萄酒）和威士忌。