Background
Heiskell, Frederick Hugh was born on July 31, 1851 in Rogersville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph Brown and Sarah Ann (McKinney) Heiskell.
Heiskell, Frederick Hugh was born on July 31, 1851 in Rogersville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph Brown and Sarah Ann (McKinney) Heiskell.
Preparatory education, McMinn Academy, Rogersville. and private schools. Student Washington and Lee University, 1870-1872.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1873, and began practice at Memphis. Member Heiskell, Weatherford & Heiskell, later Heiskell & Heiskell until 1900. Chancellor, Chancery Court, Shelby Company, Tennessee, 1900-1925.
Appointed judge, Court of Appeals, Tennessee, 1925, and elected to same office, 1926, for term 1926-1934.
Member Heiskell, Weatherford & Heiskell, later Heiskell & Heiskell until 1900.
Married Augusta Longstreet Lamar, May 5, 1880 (died 1926). Children: Joseph Brown (deceased), Lucius Lamar (deceased), Virginia Longstreet (Mistress William Forman Dunbar), Hugh McKinney, Augustus Longstreet, Mary Loretta, William Weatherford.