Denver County, History of Colorado, BIOS: HAWKINS, Horace N. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 130-131



HORACE N. HAWKINS.

	For a quarter of a century Horace N. Hawkins has engaged in the 
active practice of law at the Denver bar and is accounted one of the 
foremost representatives of the profession in this city. Thorough 
preliminary training and wide experience have made him most capable in 
handling intricate legal problems and from the outset of his career he 
has ever recognized the necessity for thorough preparation as well as 
the strong presentation of his cause before the court. A native of 
Tennessee, Mr. Hawkins was born in Dickson county, February 19, 1867, 
his parents being Ashton W. and Sarah (May) Hawkins. The father was a 
native of Kentucky and of English descent. He became a member of the 
medical profession and engaged in practice for many years. His wife was 
born in Tennessee and both passed away in that state.

	Horace N. Hawkins acquired his preliminary education in the 
public schools of Huntington, Tennessee, and afterward entered 
Vanderbilt University, where he won the LL. B. degree, being graduated 
from that Nashville institution with the class of 1893. He was one of a 
family of six children, having three sisters and two brothers, namely: 
W. A., who is now a practicing attorney of El Paso, Texas; J. M., who 
is engaged in newspaper publication in San Diego, California; Mrs. G. 
G. Buford, living in Memphis, Tennessee; Mrs. C. A. Waterfield, a 
resident of Brownsville, Tennessee; and Mrs. J. D. Luten, whose home is 
in Waverly, Tennessee.

	As a member of this household Horace N. Hawkins spent the days of 
his boyhood and youth and entered upon the study of law at Huntington, 
Tennessee, being admitted to the bar in 1888. He was not content, 
however, with the training that he had already received and it was 
subsequent to this time that he entered Vanderbilt University, where he 
pursued a further course in law, which he completed, as previously 
stated, by graduation with the class of 1893. The same year he sought 
the opportunities of the west. making his way to Denver, where he 
entered the law office of Thomas N. Patterson, who was afterward United 
States senator from Colorado. In 1895 Senator Patterson admitted him to 
a partnership and the third member of the firm was Edmund F. 
Richardson. This association was maintained for a decade, at the end of 
which time Senator Patterson retired from the active practice of law 
and the firm of Richardson & Hawkins was then formed, maintaining a 
continuous existence until the death of the senior partner in 1911, 
since which time Mr. Hawkins has practiced alone. He is a strong and 
able lawyer, forceful and resourceful in the presentation of his cause 
and seldom at fault in the application of a legal principle. He is 
impressive in his utterances before the jury, always shows to the court 
that studied deference which is its due and while he gives to his 
clients the benefit of marked ability and unwearied service, he never 
forgets that there are certain things due to the court, to his own 
self-respect and above all to justice and a righteous administration of 
the law which neither the zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of 
success permit him to disregard.

	In 1896 Mr. Hawkins was united in marriage to Miss Frances Rubin, 
of Nashville. Tennessee, who passed away in 1912, leaving five 
children: Mary O'Neil, now twenty years of age, and Margaret, eighteen 
years of age, both students in Bryn Mawr College; Frances, fifteen 
years of age; Horace N., who is attending military school, and Agnes, 
aged respectively fourteen and eleven years.

	Mr. Hawkins is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, also of the 
Democratic Club, and of Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Chapter of Tennessee. 
His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist 
Episcopal church, South. Along the strict path of his profession he is 
identified with the Denver City and County Bar Association, the 
Colorado State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He was 
a member of the Colorado civil service board in 1909 and 1910, was a 
member of the Colorado state bar examining board in 1911 and 1912, and 
in 1909 he served as president of the Denver Bar Association. He has an 
impressive manner and marked ability and his professional attainments 
have placed his name high on the list of the prominent representatives 
of the Denver bar.