Mr. Mardis
Character Key Number:
2072
Display Name:
Mr. Mardis
Sort Name:
Mardis, Mr.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Mr. Mardis is the father Cornelia Mardis. He owns two thousand acres of the finest farming land in Yoknapatawpha. The "five generations" of Mardises in the family cemetery suggest how long his people have been in Yoknapatawpha (8), though the family doesn't appear elsewhere in the fictions. On his death, Mr. Mardis leaves his property to his daughter, rather than to her husband, Anselm Holland.