Unnamed Children of Mrs. McCaslin's Sister|Niece
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Unnamed Children of Mrs. McCaslin's Sister|Niece
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Unnamed Children of Mrs. McCaslin's Sister|Niece
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
As a widower, in "Delta Autumn" and Go Down, Moses Ike McCaslin lives in a house in Jefferson with members of his dead wife's family. The short story identifies the woman in that "family" as his wife's niece and says nothing about the rest of them (274). The novel calls her Ike's "sister-in-law" at the beginning of the novel (6) and his "dead wife’s widowed niece" near the end (335), and identifies the rest of the "family" as her children.