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Show JOHN THOMAS HODSON 129 J ohn Thomas Hodson was born in 1870 of Mormon pioneer parents in Coalville, Utah, where he grew up, married Coralee Smith, and had two children. When about thirty- five years of age he decided he must seek his fortune beyond the little mining town of his birth. He left his wife and two little girls in good care and went to Salt Lake City, the center of new excitement in the mining industry. As a mining promoter he became successful almost from the first and was able to send for his family. Hodson opened an office in the Atlas Building in downtown Salt Lake City and in the following years accumulated some wealth. By 1907, two years after arriving in the city, he had acquired a fine home on Brigham Street, built by John G. Anderson, president of Anderson Real Estate Company. The fourteen- room house had a central hall and stairway with two parlors and the dining room opening to either side. Two black horses and carriages occupied the barn and coach house at the rear, and later, in 1910, a shiny new Studebaker was added. A maid attended to the household and a handyman- chauffeur took care of other duties. Two of the companies in which Hodson was involved as a substantial stockholder were the Nevada Hills Mining Company and the Utah Michigan Mining Company. He was known as the discoverer John Thomas Hodson 130 Coralee Smith Hodson and operator of a gold mine in Goldfield, Nevada, called Hodson's Tunnel. As a part of the mining executive community he was a member of the Alta Club and held a seat on the Salt Lake Stock Exchange. On May 27, 1915, John Hodson's brief successful career was cut short by a streetcar accident that caused his death. The circumstances of the times may have been responsible for the decline of his assets. After the settlement of his interests there was little left for his family, forcing Coralee Hodson and her five children to leave the South Temple home. Ultimately, Coralee set herself up as a seamstress to support her family, it JOHN THOMAS HODSON 898 East South Temple Built 1902 Architect: John G. Anderson Owners: John G. Anderson, John Thomas Hodson Present status: apartments 131 |
