Willy Ingrum

Character Key Number: 
2906
Display Name: 
Willy Ingrum
Sort Name: 
Ingrum, Willy
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Jefferson's daytime marshal in Intruder in the Dust, charged with helping the sheriff maintain order in the town. Among his duties is directing traffic so that the town's white school children can safely "cross the street" (133). His last name points to the fact that he is "a Beat Four Ingrum come to town as the apostate sons of Beat Four occasionally did" (133).

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