Note: This is just one of
1,325
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Frederick Steidinger Heiskell (1788-1882) —
also known as Frederick S. Heiskell —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., 1788.
Newspaper
publisher; farmer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1835; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1847-49.
Died in Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn., November
30, 1882 (age about 94
years).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Rogersville, Tenn.
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William Heiskell (1788-1871) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., 1788.
Whig. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1823; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; railroad
promoter; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1849-51, 1865-67; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1865-67;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1857.
German
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., September
9, 1871 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Joseph Brown Heiskell (1823-1913) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
5, 1823.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1858; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; Tennessee
state attorney general, 1870-78.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 7,
1913 (age 89 years, 122
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Tyler Davis Heiskell (1823-1897) —
also known as Tyler D. Heiskell —
of Stanislaus
County, Calif.; Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Lee
County, Va., December
1, 1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1856-57; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1879.
Died in Tulare
County, Calif., December
8, 1897 (age 74 years, 7
days).
Interment at Oakdale Citizens Cemetery, Oakdale, Calif.
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Carrick White Heiskell (1836-1923) —
also known as C. W. Heiskell —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., July 25,
1836.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
alternate delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from
Tennessee, 1896.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 29,
1923 (age 87 years, 4
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Harrison Holt Riddleberger (1844-1890) —
also known as Harrison H. Riddleberger —
of Edinburg, Shenandoah
County, Va.; Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Edinburg, Shenandoah
County, Va., October
4, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-75; Democratic Presidential
Elector for Virginia, 1876;
Shenandoah
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1876-80; member of Virginia
state senate, 1879-82; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1883-89.
German
ancestry.
Died in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., January
24, 1890 (age 45 years, 112
days).
Interment at Cedarwood
Cemetery, Edinburg, Va.
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Tyler Davis Heiskell (1850-1921) —
also known as Tyler D. Heiskell —
Born in Tennessee, September
18, 1850.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1908.
Died in Fort Morgan, Morgan
County, Colo., October
22, 1921 (age 71 years, 34
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fort Morgan, Colo.
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Samuel Gordon Heiskell (1858-1923) —
also known as Samuel G. Heiskell —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Monroe
County, Tenn., August
7, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; historian;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1880; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1896-97, 1900-01, 1906-07, 1910-12, 1912-15.
Episcopalian.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Sigma
Kappa.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., September
17, 1923 (age 65 years, 41
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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John Netherland Heiskell (1872-1972) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn., November
2, 1872.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1913; editor, Arkansas Gazette newspaper,
which won a 1958 Pulitzer
Prize for Meritorious Public Service.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
28, 1972 (age 100 years,
56 days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Annie Riddleberger (1874-1949) —
also known as Anna R. Williams; Mrs. F. B.
Riddleberger —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Shenandoah, Page
County, Va.; Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in White
County, Ga., 1874.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1924.
Female.
Died in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., 1949
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock, Va.
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Harry Earl Riddleberger (1893-1969) —
also known as Harry E. Riddleberger —
of St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va., December
3, 1893.
Democrat. Postmaster at St.
Albans, W.Va., 1934-51.
Died in Kanawha
County, W.Va., March 6,
1969 (age 75 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Williams Riddleberger (1904-1982) —
also known as James W. Riddleberger —
of Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
21, 1904.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Geneva, as of 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1953-57; Greece, 1958-59; Austria, 1962-67.
Died in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., October
16, 1982 (age 78 years, 25
days).
Interment at Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock, Va.
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Raymond Walker Riddleberger (1910-1975) —
also known as Raymond Riddleberger —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Born in Jefferson
County, W.Va., March
24, 1910.
Republican. Chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1961-63.
Died in Charles Town, Jefferson
County, W.Va., February
4, 1975 (age 64 years, 317
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, W.Va.
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Edgar Frank Heiskell III (1940-2016) —
also known as Edgar F. Heiskell III;
"Hike" —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., October
10, 1940.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1973-75; resigned 1975; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1984.
Died November
20, 2016 (age 76 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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