Unnamed Great-Grandfather of Boy Hunter

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Sat, 2015-01-31 18:02
Text: 
"The Old People"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Great-Grandfather of Boy Hunter
Display Name: 
Unnamed Great-Grandfather of Boy Hunter
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Great-Grandfather of Boy Hunter
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Management
Specific Job: 
Planter
First Mentioned: 
Unnamed Family's Plantation in "The Old People" (Location)
Home: 
Unnamed Family's Plantation in "The Old People" (Location)
Biography: 

Mentioned but not named, the narrator's great-grandfather was presumably one of the original planters in Yoknapatawpha, contemporaneous with the first Sartorises and Compsons, but all the story definitely says about him is that "almost a hundred years ago" he bought the slaves from whom Sam Fathers is descended from Ikkemotubbe (203).

Property Status: 
owns land
owns house
owns slaves
Financial Status: 
controls substantial wealth
Social Status: 
has influential social contacts (family, business, political)
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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