Judge Stevens

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Fri, 2012-06-01 00:12
Text: 
"A Rose for Emily"
Character Key: 
Stevens, Grandfather of Gavin
Display Name: 
Judge Stevens
Sort Name: 
Stevens, Judge
AKA: 
Lemuel Stevens
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Family: 
Stevens
Family (new): 
StevenssInRE
Occupation: 
Professional
Specific Job: 
Mayor
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Town Hall in "A Rose for Emily" (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1800 to Tuesday, December 31, 1805
Other Texts: 
"Hand Upon the Waters"
Light in August
Biography: 

The Stevenses are one of Jefferson's most prominent families, and other members of the family play major roles in a number of Yoknapatawpha fictions. Given his age in the story, 80, and the approximate period during which he was that age, the late 19th century, the Judge Stevens who appears here may have been the first Stevens to settle in Yoknapatawpha, and seems to have been Mayor of Jefferson around the same time that "Colonel" Sartoris was mayor as well.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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