Aunt Polly is described as a broken woman, with plenty of money in the bank, a 1,000 acre farm, and chickens. To me, however, it sounds like she is living the dream life. You decide.
Worth $33,000, She Lives in a Shack — Woman Hermit Hides Secret Alone
QUICKSAND, Ky. July 16, 1914. — “Aunt Polly” Davis could live in a villa at Newport if she wanted to — she has $33,000 in the bank and her 1,000 acre farm, rich in coal and timber, is worth a fortune. If society appealed to her, she could be giving tango teas and lawn fete instead of feeding chickens and hoeing corn.
But the world wasn’t very kind to “Aunt Polly.” It broke her heart and wrecked her life. So now, at 82, she lives alone in a desolate little cabin, with no companions but her chickens. The tragedy of her life is a sealed book. No one knows why she shuns the world and keeps on making money which she never spends.
Despite her age she is in good health and, with occasional help from a “hired hand” she takes care of her farm and raises her chickens.
Source: The day book. (Chicago, Ill.), 16 July 1914.
