Mr. | Abbott | A judge. |
Mrs. | Borders | Mildred's acquaintance. |
Mr. | Bryars | Mr. Hockaday's former neighbor and friend. |
Mrs. | Carlisle | Agnes's great-aunt. |
Katherine | Cooper | Agnes's close friend. Aka: Kitty. |
Mr. | Covington | A chemistry professor. |
Mr. | Cowan | The postmaster. |
Ned | Cowan | A postmaster's son. |
Preston | Farley | Roe's acquaintance. |
Placidia | Fincher | Mildred's cousin. Aka: Dia |
Quincy Valorie | Fincher | Placidia's (Dia's) father and Carthere's husband. |
Achilles Fincher | Hockaday | Placidia's son. Aka: Achey. |
Alex | Gordon | A doctor. Dia's father's friend. |
Lem | Gordon | Dr. Gordon's grandson. |
Edna | Hambright | A weaver. |
Willetta | Hammond | Nolan's fiancee. |
Charles | Hockaday | Griff's son. Aka: Charlie. |
Gryffth Rhys | Hockaday | Civil war major. Aka: Griff |
Janet B. | Hockaday | Hockaday's first wife. |
Alma | Jefferies | A journalist. |
Dr. | Jolley | A surgeon. |
Arthur | Jones | Mildred's husband. |
Roberta Delia | Jones | Mildred's daughter. Aka: Roe. |
Mr. | Lipscomb | An engineer. |
Mrs. | Lipscomb | Mr. Lipscomb's wife. |
J.W. | Mitchell | A magistrate. |
Walter | Moultrie | A prosecuting attorney. |
Agnes | Oglesby | Dia's stepsister. |
Mrs. | Oglesby | Agnes's grandmother. |
Nolan | Oglesby | Agnes's brother. |
Floyd | Parris | Agnes's husband. |
| Poteat | A minister. |
Mrs. | Strickland | Dr. Gordon's sister. |
Elliot | Taylor | Miss Taylor's brother. |
Miss | Taylor | Roe's sociable friend. |
Mr. | Taylor | A banker. |
M.B. | Upchurch | A coroner. |
Mrs. | Weeks | An overseer's wife. |
Mrs. | Whiteside | A retired professor of Geology. |
Beth | Wilkerson | Mr. Cowan's acquaintance. |
Abner | | Fincher's farm caretaker. |
Alistair | | Carthene's brother. |
Banjo | | Placidia's horse. |
Benjamin | | Mrs. Wilkerson's son. |
Bob | | Works and lives at Holland Creek Farm. |
Brownie | | One of Fincher's mules. |
Calhoun | | Field boss. |
Carthene | | Agnes's mother. |
Cash | | A carpenter. |
Cato | | A farm worker. |
Cleo | | Charles's nanny. |
Cyrus | | One of the boys who lit the candles at Agnes's wedding.. |
Daniel | | Achilles's colleague. |
Davey | | A poultry boy. |
Emilia | | One of Hockaday's former servants. African American who ran off. |
Ephraim | | Fincher's driver. |
Felix | | One of Hockaday's servants. |
Flora | | Achilles's younger sister. |
Florie | | Dia's aunt. |
Fly | | A horse. |
George | | Floyd's friend. |
Geraldine | | Placidia's mother. |
Gopher | | A dog. |
Helen | | Placidia's daughter. |
Isaac | | Cato's companion. |
James | | Winthrop's son. |
Junius | | Parris's driver. |
Leonora | | Roe's friend. |
Malvinda | | Cook for Placidia at Holland Creek Farm. |
Martine | | Charles's wife. |
Mercy | | Fincher's cook. |
Mildred | | Placidia's widowed cousin. Aka: Millie. |
Millie | | Helen's sister. |
Mose | | The boy who got bitten by a snake. |
Neill | | Floyd's brother. |
Nerissa | | Fincher's maid. |
Nettie | | Roe's aunt. |
Prince | | Ransom's son. |
Rachel | | A cow. |
Ransom | | A hired man. |
Rose | | An old dog. |
Sadie | | One of Fincher's mules. |
Sam | | Benjamin's father. |
Sukie | | Mr. Hockaday's old servant. |
Titus | | An overseer. |
Tony | | One of the boys who lit the candles at Agnes's wedding.. |
Virgil Achilles | | Attorney-at-law. |
Winthrop | | One of Hockaday's servants. |