Outerbridge Horsey - Outerbridge Horsey IV

Outerbridge Horsey IV

He was the son of the above and was born on 28 February 1819 in Delaware. He married Anna Carroll, a descendant of the Catholic settlers who crossed the Atlantic in 1633 aboard The Ark and The Dove. He was a lawyer and distiller, at Needwood estate near Burkitsville in Western Maryland. He started distilling at the age of 19 producng Horsey Pure Rye and a special brand called Golden Gate, the latter being aged by loading barrels of it aboard ships and sending it around Cape Horn to San Francisco and then back to Maryland by train. He died in 1902 and the distillery closed soon afterwards, though later Old Horsey was re-introduced.