Whitfield 2
Character Key Number:
724
Display Name:
Whitfield 2
Sort Name:
Whitfield 2
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
"Whitfield's cabin" is the first "church" in Yoknapatawpha (213, 23), and presumably the Whitfield who lives there is an ancestor of the "Reverend Whitfield" who is an important character in As I Lay Dying and also appears in several other fictions. Although this original Whitfield is only mentioned in "A Name for the City" and Requiem for a Nun, it seems safe to say that he is not a full-time preacher, but a settler who holds lay services in his cabin.