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Part 1 |
| 1 | Gertrude | Caison-Pardee | A battered wife. Alvin's wife. |
| | Alma | Pardee | One of Gertrude's daughters. |
| | Mary | Pardee | One of Gertrude's daughters. |
| | Alvin | Pardee | Gertrude's alcoholic husband. |
| | Berns | Caison III | Gertrude's brother. |
| | Edna | Pardee | Gertrude's eldest daughter. |
| | Lily Louise | Pardee | Gertrude's 2nd daughter. |
| | Dorothy | Walker | The Coles's seamstress. Deceased. |
| | Annie | Coles | Gertrude's neighbor and employer. |
| | Harlan | Barker | The boy Lily is dating. |
| | President | Taft | The current President. |
| | Black | Retta | The Coles's maid. |
| | Lillian | Caison | Gertrude and Berns's mother. |
| 2 | Mr. | Laing | The proprietor at the mercantile. |
| | Lonnie | Coles | Annie's son. |
| | Edwin | Alistair-Coles | Annie's husband. A businessman. |
| | Eddie | Coles | Annie and Edwin's son. |
| | Sarah | Abbott | Annie and Edwin's daughter. |
| | Morgan | Abbott | Sarah's husband. |
| | Fitzgerald | Osteen | Molly's husband. |
| | Molly | Osteen | Edwin and Annie's daughter. |
| 3 | Odell | | Retta's husband. |
| | Willie | Bootles | Retta's brother. |
| | Sally | Bootles | Retta's mother. |
| 5 | Georgie | | One of Mrs. Walker's hens. |
| | Sugar | | One of Mrs. Walker's hens. |
| | Kentucky | | One of Mrs. Walker's hens. |
| | Florida | | One of Mrs. Walker's hens. |
| | Clelia | McGowan | Molly's employer. |
| 6 | Otto | Pardee | Alvin's father. Gertrude's father-in-law. |
| 7 | Nelly | | Retta's companion. An Indian girl. |
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Part 2 |
| 8 | John | Southard | The Coles's doctor. |
| | Otis | McEntyre | A train ticket master. |
| | Buck | | Edwin and Annie's dead son. |
| | Emily Ann | | Sarah's daughter. |
| 10 | Esther Marie | Bootles | Retta's daughter. Deceased. |
| | Mabel | | Mrs. Walker's companion. |
| | Pete | | The man who works in a tobacco company. |
| 12 | Mirabelle | | Annie's friend. |
| 13 | Vernon | | Odell's friend. |
| 16 | James | Abbott | Annie's grandson. |
| | Willa | | Molly's daughter. Annie's granddaughter. |
| 19 | Roy | | Odell's friend. |
| | Sue Ann | | Roy's wife. |
| | Bobo | | Retta's church mate. |
| | Myrtis | | Retta's church mate. |
| | Marie | Caison | Berns's wife. |
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Part 3 |
| 21 | Adoette | | Nelly's mother. |
| | Memburi | | Nelly's daughter. |
| 23 | Jackie | | Annie's mailman. |
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Part 4 |
| 29 | Dot | Garrett | One of Retta's neighbors. |
| 34 | Selma | | Oretta's acquaintance. |
| | Amelia | Childress | The Coles's neighbor. |
| | Belizant | Moorer | Clelia's colleague. An alderwoman. |
| 35 | Ernie | | The Mayor. |
| 38 | Lizzie | | The Governor's wife. |
| | Tom | | The Governor. |
