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Edmund McIlhenny (; 1815 – 1890) was an American businessman and manufacturer who invented Tabasco brand pepper sauce. ==Biography== Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1815, Edmund McIlhenny moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, around 1840, finding work in the Louisiana banking industry. He was of Scottish and Irish decent, his great grandparents immigrated to America from County Donegal. By the eve of the American Civil War, he had acquired a small fortune and became an independent bank owner.〔''Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (Lafayette, La.: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana/Louisiana Historical Association, 1998), s.v., McIlhenny, Edmund.〕 On June 30, 1859, he married Mary Eliza Avery (1838-1915) in St James Church, Baton Rouge. They would have eight children together:〔(Find-A-Grave, Mary Avery )〕 *Sara Avery McIlhenny (1860 - 1948) *Dudley Avery McIlhenny (1861 - 1862) *Edmund McIlhenny (1865 - 1865) *John Avery McIlhenny (1867 - 1942) *Mary Avery McIlhenny Bradford (1869 - 1954) *Edward Avery McIlhenny (1872 - 1949) *Rufus Avery McIlhenny (1876 - 1940) *Paul Avery McIlhenny (1877 - 1962) During the Civil War, McIlhenny fled with his in-laws, the Avery family, to Texas, where he served as a civilian employee of the Confederate army, first as a clerk in a commissary office, then as a financial agent for the paymaster. The South's economic collapse after its defeat ruined McIlhenny, who now lived with his in-laws in their plantation home on Avery Island, Louisiana. It was there that McIlhenny tended the family garden, where, according to tradition, he grew a variety of fruits and vegetables, including tabasco peppers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edmund McIlhenny」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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