Boyd Ballenbaugh
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Boyd Ballenbaugh
Sort Name:
Ballenbaugh, Boyd
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Major
Vitality:
Dies
Occupation:
Farming
Specific Job:
Farmer
First Mentioned:
Cause of Death:
Murder
Biography:
Boyd Ballenbaugh is Tyler Ballenbaugh’s younger brother. After a brief career in Memphis, where he worked as a hired guard during an industrial dispute and then got involved in undisclosed but apparently criminal activities with a set of "associates," he returns to his brother's house in Yoknapatawpha to hide out (76). A drunkard and a braggart, he is hotheaded and violent. Because he resents having to work for his brother "about the farm" (76), he comes up with what he thinks will be a quick - and murderous - way to make money.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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