A story survives that gives a glimpse of her personality. The incident took place at the back end of the Civil War. A woman of whom it was said possessed slack morals petitioned the Colonel to ride to the Petersburg lines on one of the Col.'s horses to offer her services in the comforting of the sick and wounded. He approved. As the horse was brought from the barn, Polly noticed that the saddle was hers. Upon hearing that the Colonel had given his approval for the trip, she called him in and told him that if he was determined to "send sin to the soldiers". "Miss Iniquity" would not arrive on her saddle! Another suitable seat was found. Polly was apparently a good cook. In an Aug. 1884 letter her son Joe wrote to his daughter, Elise, the following: "Found Grand Ma in apparent fair health with the surrounding of plenty and the comforts of good eating blessing her & us all the while. Mildred was so over come the other day with Ma's good eating she said to me, "Papa does Grand Ma live this good all the time, she certainly does have good things to eat?" At the ripe age of 88 yrs & 6 months Polly passed away; but not before she witnessed the birth of her gr-gr-grandson, and husband's namesake, Judge C. Sterling Hutcheson, as seen in the above photo.
A story survives that gives a glimpse of her personality. The incident took place at the back end of the Civil War. A woman of whom it was said possessed slack morals petitioned the Colonel to ride to the Petersburg lines on one of the Col.'s horses to offer her services in the comforting of the sick and wounded. He approved. As the horse was brought from the barn, Polly noticed that the saddle was hers. Upon hearing that the Colonel had given his approval for the trip, she called him in and told him that if he was determined to "send sin to the soldiers". "Miss Iniquity" would not arrive on her saddle! Another suitable seat was found. Polly was apparently a good cook. In an Aug. 1884 letter her son Joe wrote to his daughter, Elise, the following: "Found Grand Ma in apparent fair health with the surrounding of plenty and the comforts of good eating blessing her & us all the while. Mildred was so over come the other day with Ma's good eating she said to me, "Papa does Grand Ma live this good all the time, she certainly does have good things to eat?" At the ripe age of 88 yrs & 6 months Polly passed away; but not before she witnessed the birth of her gr-gr-grandson, and husband's namesake, Judge C. Sterling Hutcheson, as seen in the above photo.