Milton
Young Heiskell, Dr. 1821-1888
Milton Y. Heiskell was the son of
William Heiskell and Elizabeth Mitchell.
Dr. Heiskell married Catherine Kelso in
1848, and had the following children:
Tyler Davis Heiskell (9/18/1850-10/22/1921);
Betty Heiskell
Charles Heiskell
Carrie F.
Obituary:
Nashville Christian Advocate 18 August 1888
Dr. Milton Y. Heiskell
born Lee Co., Va., August 11, 1821; died Knoxville, Tenn.,
May 17, 1888; graduate Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
Pa., and in 1855 settled in Abingdon, Va., in 1881 moved to
Concord, Tenn., but moved on to Knox Co. where he died; surviving
his widow and three children. |
Dr. Milton Heiskell was a member of the Board of Trustees of
Martha Washington College (1860), Abingdon, Va. In 1861 he was
appointed a town councilman of Abingdon, and again in 1865.1
He was a member of the Sons of Temperance (1851), an organization
founded in Philadelphia. Milton graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania in the class of 1848. In 1856, Milton was elected
and appointed secretary of the Washington County Medical Society.3
After the Civil War, during the Period of Reconstruction, Major
General J.M. Schofield appoint Milton as the Mayor of Abingdon,
Va.4 Milton Y. Heiskell was a member
of the Freemasons, Grand Lodge of Virginia. Abingdon Lodge, No.
48.5
1 History of southwest Virginia,
1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870 by Lewis Preston
Summers p. 570; 648; 653.
2 General alumni catalogue of
the University of Pennsylvania, 1922 by University of Pennsylvania.
General Alumni Society.
3 Monthly Stethoscope and medical
reporter. January 1856:376.
4 Executive Documents of the House
of Representatives for the first session of the fortieth congress,
1867:23.
5 Proceedings of the grand annual
communication of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Virginia, 1877:118.
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