Joseph Brown Heiskell
Born: November 5, 1823
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee
Father: Frederick Stedinger Heiskell 1788 – 1882
(Buried: Old Presbyterian Church, Rogersville, Tennessee)
Mother: Elizabeth "Eliza" Brown 1798 – 1851
(Buried: Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee)
1st Wife: Sarah Ann McKinney 1822 – 1890
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
2nd Wife: Lucy L. Watkins 1844 – 1928
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Children:
Eliza Heiskell Weatherford 1848 – 1922
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Frederick Hugh Heiskell 1851 – 1933
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Political Party: Whig Party
Education:
Graduated from East Tennessee College
Occupation before War:
1844 – 1847: Attorney in Madisonville, Tennessee
1847 – 1861: Attorney in Rogersville, and Eastern Tennessee
1858: Tennessee State Senator
Civil War Career:
Known to have been a staunch Whig before the war
Elected to Confederate Congress over Thomas A. R. Nelson
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from Tennessee
1862 – 1864: Member of House Judiciary Committee
1862: Member of House War Tax Committee
He favored an aggressive war and support most emergency measures
1862: Active in typing to develop Confederate industry particularly objected to funding old currency because of the hardship it would bring people.
1864: Arrested by Union Authorities while he was at home in Rogersville.
1864 – 1865: Prisoner of War held by Union Authorities
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Memphis, Tennessee
1870: Member of Tennessee State Constitutional Convention
1870 – 1878: Tennessee State Attorney General
1870 – 1878: Reporter for the State of Tennessee
Died: March 7, 1913
Place of Death: Memphis, Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 89 years old
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
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