Colonel John Sartoris
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Colonel John Sartoris
Sort Name:
Sartoris, Colonel John
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Sartoris
Family (new):
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
Confederate Officer
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Wednesday, January 1, 1823 to Wednesday, December 31, 1823
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Biography:
Colonel John Sartoris is the patriarch of the Sartoris family, and one of the major figures in the Yoknapatawpha fiction. For almost all of "Vendee" he is away from the county fighting Yankees. When Bayard and Ringo have avenged Rosa's death, they learn that along with his cousin Drusilla he has returned and that the war is over. With his "hard" hands he is hugging the boys at the very end of the story (116).
Individual or Group:
Individual
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