Hershell Jones
Character Key Number:
1770
Display Name:
Hershell Jones
Sort Name:
Jones, Hershell
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In Sanctuary Jenny tells Horace that the last "young man" who tried courting Narcissa was "that Jones boy; Herschell" (24). From that it sounds as if Herschell belonged to a family the Benbows and Sartorises would have known socially, but beyond that we know nothing about him.