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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 108, 110
photo p. 109

WILLIAM V. HODGES.

	For almost twenty years William V. Hodges has been engaged in the 
practice of law in Denver, entering upon his professional career here 
following his graduation from Columbia University Law School. He came 
to the city well equipped by professional training for his chosen life 
work, and thoroughness and earnestness have marked him in the later 
years of his practice. He has ever prepared his cases with great 
thoroughness and care, and the tenacity with which he defends the right 
as he sees it and his ability to accurately apply legal principles to 
the points at issue have been among the salient features in his growing 
success. Mr. Hodges is a native of New York. He was born at Westville, 
Otsego county, on the 6th of July, 1877, and is a son of George L. 
Hodges, who was also born in the Empire state and is descended from an 
old Massachusetts family of English origin that was founded in America 
by William Hodges, who came from England in 1643 and settled at 
Taunton, Massachusetts. William V. Hodges of this review is a 
descendant in the eighth generation of William Hodges, the progenitor 
of the family in the new world. His ancestors throughout colonial days 
as well as later periods were characterized by a spirit of marked 
patriotism and loyalty and several served in official capacities during 
the period of colonial and Revolutionary wars with distinction and 
honor. His grandfather, James L. Hodges, became a leading and 
distinguished citizen of Colorado, where he exercised considerable 
influence as a representative of the republican party. The life record 
of George L. Hodges, the father, is treated in more detail on other 
pages of this work.

	William V. Hodges was a lad of about eleven years when the family 
removed to Denver, so that his education, begun in the schools of 
Westville, New York, was continued in this city. He passed through 
consecutive grades to the high school and was graduated from the East 
Denver high school with the class of 1895. Having determined to make 
the practice of law his life work, he then entered the Columbia 
University Law School and won his LL. B. degree upon graduation with 
the class of 1899. Whether inherited tendency, natural predilection or 
environment had most to do with his choice of a profession, it is 
perhaps impossible to determine, but it is a recognized fact that the 
choice was wisely made, for since starting upon his professional career 
he has made steady progress. He entered upon practice in association 
with his father, George L. Hodges, and D. Edgar Wilson, under the firm 
style of Hodges, Wilson & Hodges, an association that was maintained 
until 1904. In that year the junior partner withdrew and became 
associated with Clayton C. Dorsey in forming the firm of Dorsey & 
Hodges. This partnership existed until 1911, since which time Mr. 
Hodges has practiced alone. He has not specialized along a single 
branch of the profession, but has continued in general practice and has 
been accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage that 
has brought him into close connection with much important litigation 
tried in the courts of the district. He holds membership in the Denver 
City and County Bar Association, the Colorado State Bar Association and 
the American Bar Association. He is continually studying along the line 
of his profession and his knowledge is comprehensive and exact.

	On the 3d of December, 1902, Mr. Hodges was married in Denver, 
Colorado, to Miss Mabel E. Gilluly, a native of Colorado Springs, 
Colorado, and a daughter of Joseph W. and Euphemia (Lawson) Gilluly, 
who were pioneer residents of Colorado Springs. Her father was for 
forty years connected with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company and 
for many years was treasurer of the company. To Mr. and Mrs. Hodges 
have been born two children: Joseph Gilluly, who was born in Denver, 
April 30, 1909; and William V., born September 19, 1911.

	Mr. Hodges votes with the republican party, which he has 
supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He 
belongs to the Denver Club, the Denver Athletic Club, the Denver 
Country Club, the University Club, the Denver Civic and Commercial 
Association, the Denver Mile High Club and to St. Anthony's Club of New 
York city. Appreciative of the social amenities of life, he has thus 
become identified with many of Denver's leading social organizations 
and his marked characteristics are those which make for personal 
popularity, while his developed powers in the line of his profession 
have brought him prominently to the front as a representative of the 
Denver bar.