Percy Benbow

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2019-01-12 10:26
Character Key Number: 
27
Display Name: 
Percy Benbow
Sort Name: 
Benbow, Percy
Parent Character Key: 
Francis Benbow
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In the Yoknapatawpha fictions as a group, the Benbows are among the county's oldest and most prominent families, but the reference in Absalom! to Judge Benbow's son is "Percy" is the only mention of this character in the canon (172). Chronologically it is possible that Percy is brother of Will Benbow, the Benbow who is the father of Horace and Narcissa Benbow, major figures in Flags in the Dust (1929) and Sanctuary (1931), but that is speculation.

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