Holston, Last Member of Family
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2513
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Holston, Last Member of Family
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Holston, Last Member of Family
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
According to "Hand upon the Waters," "the last of the Holston family" - one of the three first (white) families in Yoknapatawpha - died "before the end of the last century," i.e. sometime before 1900 (70). This story does not connect the family to the Holston House, the Jefferson hotel that survives into the 20th century. This contradicts the account of the family provided in The Mansion, one of Faulkner's last novels.