Addison L. "Add" Hockett
Marriages
Birdie Crawford Hockett - November 22, 1898
in Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - May 7, 1943
DEATH CALLS ANOTHER PIONEER. Addison Hockett, 61 Years Citizen of Eagle County, Laid to Rest Sunday Afternoon.
One of the last of Eagle county's pioneers, Addison L. HOCKETT passed away at his home in Gypsum, April 30, 1943, at 12:30 p.m.
He was born of Quaker parentage at Monrovia, Morgan county, Indiana, August 8, 1865. He and his parents, seeking new frontiers, moved from Indiana to Missouri, Kansas, and finally to Colorado. Add, as his friends knew him, settled on the mouth of Brush creek in the fall of 1882. Their small cabin, one of the early landmarks of the county, was torn down but recently. The gulch at the mouth of which the home was built is till known as Hockett Gulch.
He freighted on Independence Pass between Aspen and Leadville in the early days before Aspen had a railroad, and during the "hey-day" of these two camps. The next few years were spent in packing supplies for the first surveying party through Grand (now Glenwood) canon, and carrying mail to Carbonate, the county seat of Garfield county.
He married Birdie CRAWFORD on November 22, 1898, and they became the parents of six children. The last several years have been spent quietly at his home in Gypsum, as he lacked physical vigor. Add was public spirited and served on the town board of Gypsum. He was a staunch Republican and took great interest in all of the party's activities. His life was so full of events that an interesting book could have been written of them. Most of Add's life was spent in the livestock business, but for several years he helped his brother-in-law, Jake BORAH, "punch tourists," and one of his most prized possessions was a saddle used by Theodore ROOSEVELT on his famous hunting trip on the flat tops in Colorado.
Addison was of Quaker origin and although not openly religious, his practices showed that every man was a "Friend" to him. With the passing of this pioneer, closes another chapter in the history of Eagle county.
He is survived by his widow, sister, four daughters and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist church in Gypsum Sunday afternoon, Dr. O. F. ARCHER, pastor of the church, conducting a most fitting service for this old pioneer. Mesdames Ida DICKERSON and Mae COX sang two songs during the service. The funeral bier was covered with beautiful spring flowers, attesting to the regard in which Mr. HOCKETT was held by scores of friends. Burial was made in Cedar Hill cemetery at Gypsum, Mortician W. H. FARNUM a friend of the deceased for more than fifty years, being in charge of the burial services.
Who's Who in Colorado, 1938 page 431
Bacon, Alice T. Eagle County: p. 427-436:
HOCKETT, ADDISON L: Stockman, Rancher;
b Morgan Co, Ind, Aug8, 1865; ed pub sch Cowley Co, Kan; m Birdie CRAWFORD, Nov 1898 Glenwood Springs; d Mrs Arta PHARO, Mrs Mary Margaret ROBASHAUD, Mrs Myrtie Belle STEPHENS, Lucy Emily; 1882 came to Eagle Co; 1882-1887 various positions, Red Cliff, Grand Junction, San Juan districts; 1884-1885 opr freight line, Leadville to Aspen; 1886 D&RG RR, railway survey from Gypsum to Glenwood; ranching, cattle, sheep raising since 1887; 1904-1905 dealer in horses, Tenn; 1913-1918 Western Buyer in horses for Campbell & Reed, Inc, St Louis; 1920-1932 sheep raiser of Eagle Co; former councilman, mayor pro tem of Gypsum; Eagle Co Pioneers Assn (chmn); Quaker; Rep; hobby, horse-trading; res, Gypsum.
