Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland, USA
Death: Nov. 29, 1882
Rogersville
Hawkins County
Tennessee, USA [Edit Dates]
Name is spelled Stidinger on the marker.
Frederick Steidinger Heiskell was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and civic leader, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, throughout much of the 19th century. He was one of the founders of the Knoxville Register and operated a printing firm that published a number of early important books on Tennessee history and law. He also served one term in the Tennessee Senate (1847–1849), and served as Mayor of Knoxville in 1835. He was a trustee, organizer, or financial supporter of numerous schools and civic organizations.
A Southern Unionist, Heiskell was a delegate to the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention on the eve of the Civil War. After the war, he opposed the radical policies of Governor William G. Brownlow.
Two years after the death of his first wife, Eliza Brown, he married a widow, Mrs. Alice Gale Armstrong Fulkerson, who gave him two more daughters, Blanche and Alice, to the ten children born to his first wife. Alice's maternal grandfather Joseph Rogers was the founder of Rogersville, in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland, USA
Death: Nov. 29, 1882
Rogersville
Hawkins County
Tennessee, USA [Edit Dates]
Name is spelled Stidinger on the marker.
Frederick Steidinger Heiskell was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and civic leader, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, throughout much of the 19th century. He was one of the founders of the Knoxville Register and operated a printing firm that published a number of early important books on Tennessee history and law. He also served one term in the Tennessee Senate (1847–1849), and served as Mayor of Knoxville in 1835. He was a trustee, organizer, or financial supporter of numerous schools and civic organizations.
A Southern Unionist, Heiskell was a delegate to the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention on the eve of the Civil War. After the war, he opposed the radical policies of Governor William G. Brownlow.
Two years after the death of his first wife, Eliza Brown, he married a widow, Mrs. Alice Gale Armstrong Fulkerson, who gave him two more daughters, Blanche and Alice, to the ten children born to his first wife. Alice's maternal grandfather Joseph Rogers was the founder of Rogersville, in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
Family Members
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Charles M. Haskell
1813–1836
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Joseph Brown Heiskill
1817–1818
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Joseph Brown Heiskell
1823–1913
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Anne Elizabeth Parks Heiskell Baker
1829–1854
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Margaret Alexander Heiskell Wallace
1831–1900
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Susan Jacobs Heiskell McCampbell
1834–1917
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Col Carrick White Heiskell
1836–1923
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Corp Ferdinand Heiskell
1839–1908
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Blanche Heiskell Laffitte
1854–1924
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Alice Gale Heiskell Rogan
1860–1931
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