Bayard Sartoris IV
Character Key Number:
9
Display Name:
Bayard Sartoris IV
Sort Name:
Sartoris, Bayard IV
Parent Character Key:
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
This is the only child of young Bayard's short-lived marriage to Caroline White. According to Jenny Du Pre, Caroline named him Bayard "nine months before it was born" (51). He and his mother both died while Bayard was in France, though Flags in the Dust does not explain the cause.