Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-02
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chosen profession. For SOM
years he lived in Virginia ant
worked as a jOurneyman printe
in Woodstock aud Winchester, ant
probably other towns of that Common
wealth. In 1915 he removed u Ten
oessee, AID on the day of -
49,, at the ancient town of Jones
boro, he married Eliza Brown,
woman of remarkable symmetry anC
beauty of Christian character. In ID,
year 1916, Major Heiskell establishes
the Knoxville Register at Knoxville
Tennessee, to which place he removed
10 1915.
AS an incident illustrative of thu
state OF things at this date, he used t
relate taat he was employed by tn,
Morgan Brothers, merchants at Knox
vile, after he got his type, but before
the arrival of his press, 10 print fOl
them some change tickets, which vert
then very much In vogue. Upon THU
be set to work, put up the forms o
the ticket, mounted his horse anC
carried the forms sixty six miles to
R~ogersville, where there was a press
printed the tickets and returned t
Knoxville.
Another illustration of bis early en-
terprise came to light only a few years
ago, when there was a great discus.
lion going on in the metropolitan
papers 10 regard to the exacl
date and main facts connected witt
the Mecklenberg Declaration Of In
dependence. The New York Herald,
as a a r piece Of jOurni listic
enterprise, reproduced the sigma
lures and fac SMILES of th
remarkable document. The paper
was placed 10 his hands. Look
ing at it intently for a m,
meut, he exclaimed: WIN
they have copied this from ny
paper" aud turning to an old file 0
the Knoxville Register, dated away
back over a half century, he pointed
to the same fac SMILES, which to pro.
duce in that day OF me8ger facilities
must have been as great an exploit 8;
it is nov for the Herald TO get up 4
new ocean cable aud an interior lint
Of Photographic service.
he entered into partnership Will
Hugh Brown, his brOther-iu-laW and
the Register fourished under theil
management for many years. II vii
be seen that from 1916 to 1886, wbeI
Major Heiskell sold out his paper L
purchase a isrm ten miles from Knox
vile, to which be removed, very mac,
OF the acls OF the Assembly OF Ten
uessee aud legislative documents WerI
printed by "Heiskell & Brown"
10 Rockville there ware born Il
Frederick aud Eliza Heiskell fv
children. who lived to mar and woman
hood. Of these, the Hon. j.
Heiskeh, Of our city, was the eldea
the next, Hugh Broxn Heiskell. die,
10 California, being among the FIRST t
seek his foriune in that FL
dorado Of the West: Aun, VIII.
married DR.. Harvey Baker An
died leaving one daHghte
surviving her. Margaret, who msrriet
the Hon Jesse G.. Wallace, now re
siding at Franklin. Tenn. and Susan
ooW a widow. her husband, VIM. Nc
Campbell, having died in the war be
tween the States. After Mr.. Heiskel
removed to the farm, Judge Q. W
Heiskell. OF our city, aud Fsrdinanr
Heiskell, nov farming on the ole
home place, were born. 10 1853 Mrs.
Heiskell died, and in 1885 II j.
Heiskell married Mrs. Alice Fulker
son, 3 woman OF fine sense and char
acter, who died 10 1874, leaving tw
daughters, Blanche, Low the wife Q
David LATTE, aud an unmarrie'
daughter, Alice, surviving her.
Under the ministry of the Rev
Daniel Baker, Major Heiskell joiner
the Presbyterian church, at Ebenezel
KNOX county, Tenn, about the Yea
1913, and while be was man ct nat
urally irritable temper, which wa
greatly ~aggravsted BY dyspepsia, wit
which disease be suffered Tor thirty
h7e years Of Lis life, no one eve
doubted his Christian character
or cast 3 reflection upon hi
integrity and honorable bearing H
was a man Of Woodruff energy an.
great good JOmmol sense" which a
he often remarked. was the most ''uu
common sense Of all.
He was outsLoken at all times, i
the expression OF his opinions, an
Eithout fear, and when political stri
ran high he was G man OF many friend
md some bitter foes. But such wa
the generosity of his nature and il
tegrity Of his life, that for many veal
before his death he had not an enem
10 the world. His tenacity of opinio
and devotion to principle was illustrs
ed during the late war on man
occasions Though be had one So
in the Confederate army ard one i
the Confederate Congress, be was a
uncOmpromising UniOn man. In III
FIRST heat OF Confederate ardor, II
Southern citizens OF Knoxville had 4
order passed by the military con
mander there, requiring all pc
sons leaving Knoxville 10 tal
the oath to the ConfederaI
= government. Major Heiske.
ignorant OF the order, rode into Kno.
vile, and when be was riding out
return home, was stopped By a sent
mel aud required to exhibit his pa,
This he did not have, and he was a
rested aud taken back TO town, al
when he called for his pass was +
i. quired to take the oath" before
could get it. This he peremptori
/, refused to do. Some Of bis frien
besought him to take the oath al
go home" as he was an old man til.
II years of age. One of /
sons happened to be passi
through Knoxville at I
time, and said to him, "No, faith,
unless you a take the oath to h
Confederate States eonaoientiously
would not have you do it at all" Il
reply was: My son, | will rot in /,
} before | take that oath" Aud /
never did ttke it.
General F, X. ZollicoEer. who "
then chiet in command insRast re
nessee, and who had served six yea
as a journeymsn printer In Mai
Heiskell's printing Office, came
Knoxville and released he old 20.
, tleman, and let him 20 home witboI