Samuel Worsham

Character Key Number: 
1299
Display Name: 
Samuel Worsham
Sort Name: 
Samuel Worsham
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In "Go Down, Moses" and again in the chapter with that title in Go Down, Moses, Miss Worsham tells Stevens that Mollie "gave [her grandson] my father's name" (261, 358). The narrative tells us that Samuel Worsham left his daughter Belle "the decaying house" she continues to live in (260, 356).