Seventh Generation

2982. Preston Nallock HOTCHKISS¹³⁰¹ was born on 31 Jul 1833 in Pennsylvania.^{5,702,703,1301} Federal Population Schedule CO 1880 Federal Census Index puts birth place as PA age as ca 1837 and middle initial as N
James Steinbrecher has birth place as New York City
He died on 29 Jun 1903 in Montrose, Montrose , Colorado.^702,703,1301 James Steinbrecher has place as Colona, Ouray, Colorado He was Mining at Ouray , Colorado.⁷⁰³ Enos, Roswell, and Preston left home as they could not get along with their step father. Preston was about 14 when he left. They worked as loggers on the Alleghany River and in 1857 headed west.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hotchkiss lived in the Dakota Territory until 1872 when they moved to Colorado. While in Dakota they lived near Elk Point, South Dakota. They settled in Saguache county when they first moved to Colorado. Walter Stanley was born in Saguache in 1875. In 1876 they moved to Portland, Colorado. Alvinza and Medora were born there. Portland is located in Ouray County. Vinzi (Alvinza) was the first white child to be born in Ouray County. Preston and his brothers ran a store at Portland. They also ran a saw mill there. Preston stayed in Portland about ten years then moved to Colona where he ran a store and a farm. He built a new home on the farm. Portland is supposed to be about four miles from Ouray. The indians were there when they first moved into Ouray County. Ouray is named after Chief Ouray.

Preston Nallock HOTCHKISS and Sally Ann WHITCOMB were married on 7 May 1857 in Dakota Territory.^703,1301 Sally Ann WHITCOMB (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 3 Mar 1840 in Pennsylvania.^702,864,1301 She died on 14 Oct 1906 in Colona, Ouray, Colorado.¹³⁰¹ Preston Nallock HOTCHKISS and Sally Ann WHITCOMB had the following children:

4546	i.	Herman Eugene HOTCHKISS was born on 4 Aug 1861.1301 He died on 4 Dec 1865.1301
4547	ii.	Samuel Aretas HOTCHKISS was born on 20 Sep 1862.702,703,864,1301 He died on 6 Sep 1950 in Winthrop, Okanogan, Washington.1301
4548	iii.	Lara Elta HOTCHKISS was born on 13 Jul 1864.1301 She died on 14 Nov 1866.1301
4549	iv.	William Roswell HOTCHKISS was born on 5 Dec 1865 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.702,703,864 He died on 27 May 1940.703,1301
+4550	v.	Uri Preston HOTCHKISS702 was born on 25 Mar 1867 in Elk Point, Union, South Dakota.703,864,1301 James Steinbrecher has name as Uri He died on 26 Mar 1950 in Colona, Ouray, Colorado.703,1301
4551	vi.	Milton Almon HOTCHKISS was born on 9 Sep 1869.1301 He died on 27 Oct 1870.1301
+4552	vii.	George Arthur HOTCHKISS702,1301 was born on 2 Feb 1872 in South Dakota.703,864,1301 He died on 7 Dec 1938 in Marion, Osceola, Michigan.703,1301
4553	viii.	Walter Stanley HOTCHKISS was born on 17 Jan 1875 in Saguache , Colorado.702,703,864,1301 He died on 16 Oct 1949.703,1301
4554	ix.	Edgar Alvenza (Vinzie) HOTCHKISS1301 was born on 9 Jul 1876 in Portland, Ouray, Colorado.702,703,864,1301 He died on 21 Oct 1936.703,1301 The following is an obituary clipping from a newspaper published from or near Colona, Colorado. EDGAR ALVINZA HOTCHKISS PASSES AWAY AT COLONA HOME; WAS FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN OURAY COUNTY Another of the pioneers of the valley answered the last roll call Wednesday night and passed to his reward, when Edgar Alvinza Hotchkiss died at his home at Colona, after a long illness. He had spent some time in a local hospital but was recently taken to his home where he passed away at 10:45. "Vinzy" Hotchkiss, as her was known to his friends, was the first white child born in Ouray County. He was born July 9, 1876 and had spent his entire life in Ouray County. He received his schooling at Colona and one year in Fort Collins. For years he was engaged in the livestock business and in recent years was proprietor of the Colona Mercantile store and Conoco station at Colona. Hotchkiss is survived by his wife, Florence, five brothers and one sister: S. A. Hotchkiss of Winthrop, Wash.; W. R. Hotchkiss of Telluride; Uri Hotchkiss of Colona; Arthur Hotchkiss of Marion, Mich.; Walter Hotchkiss of Colona and Mrs. Dora Bullington of Colona. The remains are at the Montrose Funeral home awaiting funeral arrangements. Deceased was a member of Uncompahgre lodge of Odd Fellows. Arthur W. Monroe in an interview with Hotchkiss, March 28, 1934, for the Colorado Historical society, wrote the following: "The three Hotchkiss brothers came into Colorado at a very early date. They were in the Lake City region as early as 1874, when they discovered the Hotchkiss mine, which later became the Golden Fleece. Enos Hotchkiss was in Lake City and about 1873 or 1874, Preston came over and established a store in the town of Portland a few miles below Ouray. There his brother Roswell joined him and there on July 9, 1876, was born Edgar Alvinza Hotchkiss, the son of Preston, who was the first white child born in Ouray County. "Besides his store, Preston Hotchkiss was engaged in the lumber and cattle business. He furnished the first lumber for the buildings in Ouray. He has sawmills in Happy Hollow, south of Ridgway and on Horsefly. E. A. Hotchkiss went to school one year in Portland and lived in the sawmill camps in the summer time. He has lived in Colona since 1883. "Preston Hotchkiss had the following children: S. A. Hotchkiss of Winthrop, Washington; Will R. of Horsefly; Uri of Colona; Arthur of Michigan; Walter of Montrose; E. A. of Colona; and Mrs. Dora Bullinton of Colona. Each of these, with the exception of E. A. have children. "Roswell Hotchkiss has three children, two boys, Virdi L. and Charley and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Rosa McCoy. Enos had two families. In the second were three boys, Fred and Clair of Hotchkiss and Adair of Grand Junction, former district attorney. "E. A. Hotchkiss and his brothers are famous as bear and mountain lion hunters. One winter they caught 36 mountain lions. They got two in one day just four miles from home. "E. A. Hotchkiss was married in 1912 to Florence Henry and they had two children, both deceased now." Deceased was a well known resident of the valley whose many friends are saddened by his passing
4555	x.	Madora Bell HOTCHKISS was born on 9 Feb 1878 in Portland, Ouray, Colorado.702,703,864,1301 She died on 18 Apr 1951.1301