Francis Benbow

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26
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Francis Benbow
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Benbow, Francis
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Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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Francis Benbow is the father of Will Benbow, and grandfather of Horace and Narcissa. He is only mentioned in Flags in the Dust, where the narrative notes that he brought back a lantana tree "from Barbados in a tophat-box in '71 [i.e. 1871]" (164). When he went to the island, however, or what he did there, is not explained.

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