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Jno. T. Barbee had formerly been associated with Jno. G. Roach & Co., but in 1892 bought the J & F Laval distillery 4-1/2 miles west of Versailles, Kentucky.
The output of the still was sold as "Old Barbee" under the firm name of Jno. T. Barbee & Co.
Barbee died in 1900 after which the company was renamed Jno. T. Barbee Co. and the brand "Watterson Club" added.
In 1912, Hermann Volkerding, the company's president, died, leading to a reorganization merging with the John C. Weller Co. of Louisville, with John C. Weller, President and Ed. M. Babbitt, Vice President. (Coyte Papers).
The company used the brand names:
"Forest Rose", "Jeff Clark", "Kentucky Knight", "Major Hughes", "Old Barbee", "Old Mask Lee Rye", "Paul Barbee Rye", "Tip Tyler", "True Hand", and "Watterson Club." | | Business name timeline:
John T Barbee & Co.
Address timeline:
132 2 nd (1893-1897), 317 W Main (1902-1909), 313 W Main (1909-1912), 726-730 W Main (1913-1919) | 
Company Offices, c. 1915 | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
D, W (1897)
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Louisville directory notes
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Appearance in
directories:
1893, 1894, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
Directories
consulted:
1866, 1867, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
Louisville directory
notes:
W = Wines & Liquors, I = Importers, D = Distillers, R = Rectifiers, DA = Distiller's Agents, B = Brokers (1892), S = Saloons (1905), M = Mail Order House (1915). Listings for wholesalers from 1866 to 1869 and for distillers 1866 through to 1906 were compiled from a typescript prepared by Norma Snyder. 1887 and 1889 wholesaler listings are partial, missing last names in the alphabet, 1890, 1895 missing their entirety. No copies of listings in any category for 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901. 1888 has a partial list of Importers (not found in copies for other years). 1905 copies include Saloons (not incorporated). 1906 is incomplete for distillers, missing wholesalers.
1881 witnessed a major city-wide street reorganization so all addresses change. In 1909, there is a second renumbering and this year shows both old and the new number in brackets.
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