Winterbottom

Character Key Number: 
727
Display Name: 
Winterbottom
Sort Name: 
Winterbottom
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Never given a first name, Winterbottom is a farmer in Frenchman's Bend who has a small role in two texts and is mentioned in a third. He is present at the auction in "Spotted Horses." Light in August begins when Lena Grove walks past his farm. And Flem Snopes mentions that he boarding "at Winterbottom's" near the end of The Hamlet (388).