Excerpt from an article in the Marshall Democrat News:
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
By MARCIA GORRELL/Staff writer
It was part of Willis Walker "Pete" Hutcherson's philosophy that when he owned a farm, he should leave it better than it was when he bought it. "His philosophy of farming was not to see how much you can get out of the land, but to see how much you can improve the land and still make a living," said his son, Robert.
"He started doing that before they started paying you to do that," added his daughter Linda, who said the philosophy was one that had been passed down from her grandfather, Garnett Hutcherson.
Today, Robert and Linda, along with their children, carry on that philosophy with the 1,200 acres of land they own near Highway 20 in the Shackleford area.
One of their farms, a tract containing 179 acres, was recently named a Saline County Century Farm for being in the same family for more than 100 years. That might not have been possible if it weren't for their great-grandmother, Anna Garnett Willis, who came to Saline County with a wagon train of people from Culpepper County, Va., around 1852.
"Garnett Hutcherson, purchased the farm. That's how our branch of the family happens to be here. (Anna) had several children, but he was the one who bought that farm. Then he bought another farm, that is across the road ... and sold that to my father later on," explained Robert. "My grandfather had brothers who owned land right down the road and also in Malta Bend."
Garnett and his wife, Lillian Grimes Becraft, had six children, W.W. "Pete," Leland, Leon, Dorothy, G.R. and Virginia. With the exception of Dorothy, all the children lived and worked in Saline County their entire lives. The boys all farmed near the Hutcherson farm, too.
After Garnett's death, Lillian retained ownership of the property and her son, Garnett R. Hutcherson Jr., operated the farm. After Lillian's death, the children auctioned the property and Pete and his wife Hattie purchased the land.
Pete had been farming nearby land since 1943, after serving for four years as a highway patrolman.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
By MARCIA GORRELL/Staff writer
It was part of Willis Walker "Pete" Hutcherson's philosophy that when he owned a farm, he should leave it better than it was when he bought it. "His philosophy of farming was not to see how much you can get out of the land, but to see how much you can improve the land and still make a living," said his son, Robert.
"He started doing that before they started paying you to do that," added his daughter Linda, who said the philosophy was one that had been passed down from her grandfather, Garnett Hutcherson.
Today, Robert and Linda, along with their children, carry on that philosophy with the 1,200 acres of land they own near Highway 20 in the Shackleford area.
One of their farms, a tract containing 179 acres, was recently named a Saline County Century Farm for being in the same family for more than 100 years. That might not have been possible if it weren't for their great-grandmother, Anna Garnett Willis, who came to Saline County with a wagon train of people from Culpepper County, Va., around 1852.
"Garnett Hutcherson, purchased the farm. That's how our branch of the family happens to be here. (Anna) had several children, but he was the one who bought that farm. Then he bought another farm, that is across the road ... and sold that to my father later on," explained Robert. "My grandfather had brothers who owned land right down the road and also in Malta Bend."
Garnett and his wife, Lillian Grimes Becraft, had six children, W.W. "Pete," Leland, Leon, Dorothy, G.R. and Virginia. With the exception of Dorothy, all the children lived and worked in Saline County their entire lives. The boys all farmed near the Hutcherson farm, too.
After Garnett's death, Lillian retained ownership of the property and her son, Garnett R. Hutcherson Jr., operated the farm. After Lillian's death, the children auctioned the property and Pete and his wife Hattie purchased the land.
Pete had been farming nearby land since 1943, after serving for four years as a highway patrolman.
Excerpt from an article in the Marshall Democrat News:
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
By MARCIA GORRELL/Staff writer
It was part of Willis Walker "Pete" Hutcherson's philosophy that when he owned a farm, he should leave it better than it was when he bought it. "His philosophy of farming was not to see how much you can get out of the land, but to see how much you can improve the land and still make a living," said his son, Robert.
"He started doing that before they started paying you to do that," added his daughter Linda, who said the philosophy was one that had been passed down from her grandfather, Garnett Hutcherson.
Today, Robert and Linda, along with their children, carry on that philosophy with the 1,200 acres of land they own near Highway 20 in the Shackleford area.
One of their farms, a tract containing 179 acres, was recently named a Saline County Century Farm for being in the same family for more than 100 years. That might not have been possible if it weren't for their great-grandmother, Anna Garnett Willis, who came to Saline County with a wagon train of people from Culpepper County, Va., around 1852.
"Garnett Hutcherson, purchased the farm. That's how our branch of the family happens to be here. (Anna) had several children, but he was the one who bought that farm. Then he bought another farm, that is across the road ... and sold that to my father later on," explained Robert. "My grandfather had brothers who owned land right down the road and also in Malta Bend."
Garnett and his wife, Lillian Grimes Becraft, had six children, W.W. "Pete," Leland, Leon, Dorothy, G.R. and Virginia. With the exception of Dorothy, all the children lived and worked in Saline County their entire lives. The boys all farmed near the Hutcherson farm, too.
After Garnett's death, Lillian retained ownership of the property and her son, Garnett R. Hutcherson Jr., operated the farm. After Lillian's death, the children auctioned the property and Pete and his wife Hattie purchased the land.
Pete had been farming nearby land since 1943, after serving for four years as a highway patrolman.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
By MARCIA GORRELL/Staff writer
It was part of Willis Walker "Pete" Hutcherson's philosophy that when he owned a farm, he should leave it better than it was when he bought it. "His philosophy of farming was not to see how much you can get out of the land, but to see how much you can improve the land and still make a living," said his son, Robert.
"He started doing that before they started paying you to do that," added his daughter Linda, who said the philosophy was one that had been passed down from her grandfather, Garnett Hutcherson.
Today, Robert and Linda, along with their children, carry on that philosophy with the 1,200 acres of land they own near Highway 20 in the Shackleford area.
One of their farms, a tract containing 179 acres, was recently named a Saline County Century Farm for being in the same family for more than 100 years. That might not have been possible if it weren't for their great-grandmother, Anna Garnett Willis, who came to Saline County with a wagon train of people from Culpepper County, Va., around 1852.
"Garnett Hutcherson, purchased the farm. That's how our branch of the family happens to be here. (Anna) had several children, but he was the one who bought that farm. Then he bought another farm, that is across the road ... and sold that to my father later on," explained Robert. "My grandfather had brothers who owned land right down the road and also in Malta Bend."
Garnett and his wife, Lillian Grimes Becraft, had six children, W.W. "Pete," Leland, Leon, Dorothy, G.R. and Virginia. With the exception of Dorothy, all the children lived and worked in Saline County their entire lives. The boys all farmed near the Hutcherson farm, too.
After Garnett's death, Lillian retained ownership of the property and her son, Garnett R. Hutcherson Jr., operated the farm. After Lillian's death, the children auctioned the property and Pete and his wife Hattie purchased the land.
Pete had been farming nearby land since 1943, after serving for four years as a highway patrolman.
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