Son of Pierce Hacket and Mary Edwards
LIsted with them in the 1851 England census at age 3.
Listed in 1865 with his widowed mother, Mary (58, ENG) and brother Richard. They are listed next to families of brothers James and Timothy.
Listed in 1870 with his brother James and Christopher and his mother Mary (64, ENG)
Listed in 1880 as a blacksmith (42, ENG) with wife Ida (20, WI) and son Vio (1, KS).
Then in Enid in 1900 with wife May and 3 sons.


Brother William Hackett, who made the run into the Cherokee strip and established himself at Enid, Oklahoma and became charter member of the First Baptist Church, passed to his reward on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 1929.
[Obituary] ? - 24 Dec 1929
FATHER OF LOCAL MEN DIES AT ENID
Wm. Hackett Passes Monday Night
Word of the death of their father, William Hackett, at Enid, was received here today by W. B. Hackett and C. W. Hackett, both of Alva.
Mr. Hackett passed awny Monday night at the University hospital at Enid, after a long illness. He was 83 years of age.
Both of his sons left this morning for Enid where the funeral will be held probably Thursday. Arrangements had not been completed today.
Two sons and a daughter survive. They are Mrs. O. B. Wilson of Oklahoma City; and J. J. and P. E. Hackett, both of Holdenville. Mr. Hackett had visited his sons here several times and was known to many Alva people.