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Frederick Steidinger Heiskell (1786 – November 29, 1882) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and civic leader, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, throughout much of the 19th century. He cofounded the ''Knoxville Register'', which during its early years was the city's only newspaper, 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 briefly 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. ==Early life and career== Heiskell was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, the son of Frederic Heiskell, a farmer, and Catherine (Steidinger) Heiskell. While still young, his family moved to Shenandoah County, Virginia, where he attended subscription schools. He began working in the printing shop of his brother, John, in Winchester, Virginia, in 1810. In 1814, he moved to Knoxville, where he worked as a printer for the ''Knoxville Gazette'', a newspaper that had been founded in the early 1790s by George Roulstone, but was then being published by Roulstone's old business partner, George Wilson.〔Mary Rothrock, ''The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee'' (East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), pp. 422-424.〕 Heiskell married Eliza Brown, a sister of Knoxville Latin teacher Hugh Brown, on July 17, 1816, in Jonesborough, Tennessee. On August 3 of that year, he and Hugh Brown launched the ''Knoxville Register''. Heiskell was responsible for the paper's political commentary, while Brown focused on its literary content.〔"(The Late Maj. F.S. Heiskell )," ''Knoxville Chronicle'', 5 December 1882, p. 3.〕 After Brown retired in 1829, Heiskell continued alone until 1837, when he sold the paper to W.B.A. Ramsey and Robert Craighead.〔 The ''Register'' supported Senator John Williams in his feud with Andrew Jackson in 1823.〔Stanley J. Folmsbee, ''Sectionalism and Internal Improvements in Tennessee, 1796-1845'' (East Tennessee Historical Society, 1939), p. 57n.〕 While it endorsed Jackson in the 1824 and 1828 presidential races, it supported fellow Knoxvillian Hugh Lawson White of the burgeoning anti-Jackson Whig Party in the 1836 race.〔 Along with the ''Register'', the printing shop of Heiskell and Brown published numerous books, pamphlets, and other works. These included Judge John Haywood's ''Civil and Political History of Tennessee'' (1823), one of the first comprehensive histories of the state, Judge Edward Scott's ''Laws of the State of Tennessee'' (1821), sermons by religious figures such as Isaac L. Anderson and John Doak, and the first major work of William "Parson" Brownlow, ''Helps to the Study of Presbyterianism'' (1834).〔 Heiskell and Brown also published the ''Western Monitor and Religious Observer'', a periodical which advocated emancipation, from 1818 to 1820.〔William MacArthur, Jr., ''Knoxville: Crossroads of the New South'' (Tulsa: Continental Heritage Press, 1982), pp. 30-31.〕 Heiskell used the columns of the ''Register'' to support education and civic advancement in Knoxville. The paper led the drive to reopen East Tennessee College (the forerunner of the University of Tennessee) in 1820, and advocated the establishment of the Knoxville Female Academy in 1827. Heiskell helped finance this latter institution, which later became the East Tennessee Female Institute, and served as one of its trustees from its founding in 1827 until his death in 1882. Heiskell was a cofounder of the Knoxville Library Company (a subscription-based library), and served as the first president of the Knoxville Typographical Society.〔 Heiskell was first elected to Knoxville's Board of Aldermen in 1824, and served in this capacity through 1831. He returned to the Board in 1835, and briefly served as mayor that year.〔Lucile Deaderick, ''Heart of the Valley: A History of Knoxville, Tennessee'' (East Tennessee Historical Society, 1976), pp. 635-636.〕 In 1847, he was elected to the Tennessee Senate seat for Knox County.〔 His committee assignments included Education and Common Schools, Internal Improvement, Claims, and Banks. He was also appointed by Speaker Josiah M. Anderson to a three-man "engrossment" committee, which was tasked with finalizing bills before they were sent to the House.〔''(Senate Journal for the First Session of the Twenty-Seventh General Assembly of the State of Tennessee )'' (Bang and Company, 1848), pp. 43, 55, 150.〕 During the 1850s, Heiskell focused on business and farming interests. He was appointed to the Board of Directors for the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad in 1852,〔"(State Directors )," ''Athens (TN) Post'', 23 January 1852, p. 2.〕 and was elected president of the Knox County Agricultural Society in 1856.〔"(Agricultural )," ''Nashville Union and American'', 25 March 1856, p. 2.〕 He remained politically active, however, chairing an American Party ("Know Nothing") convention in Knoxville in October 1855.〔"(Our Mass Meeting )," ''Nashville True Whig'', 2 October 1855, p. 2.〕 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「Frederick Heiskell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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