Wesley Pritchel

Character Key Number: 
2866
Display Name: 
Wesley Pritchel
Sort Name: 
Pritchel, Wesley
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Wesley Pritchel owns a small farm in "An Error in Chemistry." He is unhappy when his "dim-witted spinster" daughter, Ellie, marries Joel Flint, a carnival pitch man (113). Pritchel is irascible and likes to be left alone. He is murdered by Joel Flint.