Will Starnes
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Will Starnes
Sort Name:
Starnes, Will
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dies
First Mentioned:
Cause of Death:
Old Age
Biography:
Will Starnes is the father of Henry Stribling's (Hawkshaw) first fiancee, Sophie Starnes. He owns a house and land, all mortgaged. Starnes is lazy - some people suggest he may have died because "he was too lazy to keep on breathing" - and unambitious, "satisfied to be a landowner as long as he had enough to eat and a little tobacco" (138). He does not object to Sophie's engagement to Stribling, whom Mrs. Starnes considers to be beneath them.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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