THOMAS SUTPEN
Born in West Virginia mountains, 1807. One of several
children of poor whites, Scotch-English stock. Established plantation
of Sutpen's Hundred in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, 1833.
Married (1) Eulalia Bon, Haiti, 1827. (2) Ellen Coldfield, Jefferson,
Mississippi, 1838. Major, later Colonel, --th Mississippi Infantry,
C.S.A. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1869.
EULALIA BON
Born in Haiti. Only child of Haitian sugar planter of French
descent. Married Thomas Sutpen, 18 27, divorced from him, 183 1. Died
in New Orleans, date unknown.
CHARLES BON
Son of Thomas and Eulalia Bon Sutpen. Only child. Attended
University of Mississippi, where be met Henry Sutpen and became
engaged to Judith. Private, later lieutenant, --th Company,
(University Grays) --th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. Died, Sutpen's
Hundred, 1865.
GOODHUE COLDFIELD
Born in Tennessee. Moved to Jefferson, Miss., 1828,
established small mercantile business. Died, Jefferson, 1864.
ELLEN COLDFIELD
Daughter of Goodhue Coldfield. Born in Tennessee, 1817. Married
Thomas Sutpen, Jefferson, Miss., 1838. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1863.
ROSA COLDFIELD
Daughter of Goodhue Coldfield. Born, Jefferson, 1845. Died,
Jefferson, 1910.
HENRY SUTPEN
Born, Sutpen's Hundred, 1839, son of Thomas and Ellen
Coldfield Sutpen. Attended University of Mississippi. Private, --th
Company, (University Grays) --th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. Died,
Sutpen's Hundred, 1909.
JUDITH SUTPEN
Daughter of Thomas and Ellen Coldfield Sutpen. Born,
Sutpen's Hundred, 1841. Became engaged to Charles Bon, 1860. Died,
Sutpen's Hundred, 1884.
CLYTEMNESTRA SUTPEN
Daughter of Thomas Sutpen and a negro slave. Born, Sutpen's
Hundred, 1834. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1909.
WASH JONES
Date and location of birth unknown. Squatter, residing in an
abandoned fishing camp belonging to Thomas Sutpen, hanger-on of
Sutpen, handy man about Sutpen's place while Sutpen was away between
'61-'65. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1869.
MELICENT JONES
Daughter of Wash Jones. Date of birth unknown. Rumored to
have died in a Memphis brothel.
MILLY JONES
Daughter of Melicent Jones. Born 1853. Died, Sutpen's
Hundred, 1869.
UNNAMED INFANT
Daughter of Thomas Sutpen and Milly Jones. Born, died,
Sutpen's Hundred, same day, 1869.
CHARLES ETIENNE DE SAINT VALERY BON
Only child of Charles Bon and an octoroon mistress whose
name is not recorded. Born, New Orleans, 1859. Married a full-blood
negress, name unknown, 1879. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1884.
JIM BOND (BON)
Son of Charles Etienne de Saint Valery Bon. Born, Sutpen's
Hundred, 1882. Disappeared from Sutpen's Hundred, 1910. Whereabouts
unknown.
QUENTIN COMPSON
Grandson of Thomas Sutpen's first Yoknapatawpha County
friend. Born, Jefferson, 1891. Attended Harvard, 1909-1910. Died,
Cambridge, Mass., 1910.
SHREVLIN MCCANNON
Born, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1890. Attended Harvard,
1909-1914. Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps, Canadian Expeditionary
Forces, France, 1914-1918. Now a practicing surgeon, Edmonton, Alta.