Son of Dr Samuel Hockett and Edith Vestal.
Married Cynthia Hobson 29 Feb 1848 daughter of William Hobson and Ruth Newlin.
Children:
Ludah E Hockett died age 10 years
Mary Ann Hockett married Ingraham Andrews
John Eli Hockett died age 2 years
Sarah Ellen Hockett married Jim Harvey
William Thomas Hockett married Elizabeth Cline and Jennetie Snell
Oliver Perry Hockett married Dora Luetta Spencer
Lincoln Woodruff Hockett married Martha Jones
Milton Hockett married Emma Smith
Albert G. Hockett married Amelia Smith
Henry Harrison Hockett married Emma L Ranson & Ida May McAlister
Charles Phineas Hockett married May Inman
Clara Jane Hockett married Franklin Benjamin Sewell

Obit from family records:
P. V. Hockett, lawyer and farmer, Harveysburg, was born Jan 20, 1827, in Chatham County, North Carolina. His parents, Dr Samuel and Edith (Vestal) Hockett, were natives of North Carolina, and of Scotch-Irish decent. In 1832, they moved to Morgan Co., Indiana, and there, in 1838, Samuel's wife Edith died. Dr Samuel Hockett was a graduate of the medical University of Pennsylvania, and practiced medicine till he became tired of it, then gave his time to the farm. He was an old-line whig, then republican, and in 1878 he voted the greenback ticket. He came to Fountain County in 1870, and made his home with his son, PV, where he died December 12, 1878, aged eighty-two years. There were seven children grown, three girls and four boys. P V Hockett left home at the age of seventeen, and spent one summer at school in Richmond, and one session in Mooresvile. He then apprenticed himself to Calvin Newlin, in Parke County, two years, for $100 and clothe himself, to learn the tanners' trade. He then entered into partnership with his brother, Uriah, in the tanning business, which company lasted two years. He then bought the tan-yard of Harlan Harvey, in Parke County, and after two or three years sold, and bought the saw-mill and eighty acres of land of Harlan Harvey, near where Harveysburg stands. He soon sold out, and bought a watermill on Sugar Creed, in Parke County. This he sold, and then bought 240 acres, which is his present home, for $2000. He now owns 440 acres in his home farm. In 1858 he opened a little store, with Dr McNutt, in which they kept a general stock of goods. His business career closed about 1865, and he has confined himself to his farm and practice of law. For eight years he has been notary public, and has also been township assessor and secretary. He was a republican, but in 1874 he allied himself with the greenback party. He has been prominent in the Masonic, Odd-Fellows, and Knights of Pythias lodges' was WM in Harveysburg Lodge at its organization, and again in 1864, 1865,and 1868, and has held other offices. He was married Feb 28, 1848, to Cynthia Hobson, daughter of William and Ruth Hobson. She was born and raised in Parke County, Indiana.