☆ Author of "Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History"
Biography
Samuel was born in 1858 in Monroe, Tennessee. He was the son of William Heiskell and Julia Josephine Gahagan.
Samuel was a criminal lawyer, a judge, five-term Mayor of Knoxville, a State Representative, and the author of Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History.[1]
He served as Mayor of Knoxville from 1896-1897, 1900-1901, 1906-1907, and 1910-1915.[2]
During his first term as Mayor, he married Irene Kuhn in her home in Columbia, Tennessee.
He passed away in 1923 in Knoxville and was buried in Old Gray Cemetery.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDW-JBX : accessed 26 September 2021), Samuel G Heiskele in household of Samuel C Dismukes, Civil District 24 (south part) Knoxville city, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 1A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,583.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGF3-9HQ : accessed 26 September 2021), Mayor S G Heiskell, Knoxville Ward 4, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 8B, family 197, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1507; FHL microfilm 1,375,520.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS5M-H8Q : 23 February 2021), Samuel Gordon Heiskell, 17 Sep 1923; Death, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57L-CL6T : 14 September 2021), Mayor Heiskell and Mr Samuel G Heiskell, 1923.
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57G-N7T7 : 18 July 2020), Sam'L G Heiskell and Mr Samuel G Heiskell, 1923.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10523292/samuel-g-heiskell : accessed 26 September 2021), memorial page for Samuel G. Heiskell (1858–1923), Find A Grave: Memorial #10523292, citing Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Dr. Bob Schneider (contributor 46608489) .
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