| | | | THE FAMILY |
| 1 | Matthew | Soames | A school teacher. |
| | Callie G. | Soames | Matthew's wife. |
| | Jessica | | One of Mathew and Callie's daughters. |
| | Leonie | | One of Mathew and Callie's daughters. |
| | Soames | | Leonie's son. |
| | Mr. | Corcoran | A farmer. |
| | Jake | Latham | Matthew's acquaintance. |
| | Fanny | | Jake's wife. |
| | William | Shakespeare | English playwright and poet. |
| | Pierre-Auguste | Renoir | A painter. |
| | Caroline Amelia | Nation | An American activist. aka: Carry. |
| | Mathy Elizabeth | | The third daughter of Matthew and Callie. |
| | Peter | | Mathy's son. |
| | Ophelia | | Callie's cousin. aka: Phelie |
| | Mary Jo | | The youngest daughter of Matthew and Callie. |
| | Ralph | | Ophelia's husband. |
| | Cass | | Ophelia's mother. |
| | Miss | Hagar | Callie's friend. |
| | Jo | | Soames' aunt. |
| 3 | Brother | Mosely | A preacher. |
| | | | JESSICA |
| 2 | Marvin | | Jessica's admirer. |
| 3 | Blossom | | A Jersey cow. aka: Blossie. |
| | Miss | George | An English teacher. |
| 4 | Tom | Purdy | A boy who was raised at Ozark farm. |
| 5 | Mrs. | Barrow | One of the church's ladies. |
| | Mrs. | Buxton | One of the church's ladies. |
| | Mrs. | Sells | One of the church's ladies. |
| | Serena | Hicks | One of the church's ladies. |
| 12 | Bertie | | Jessica's aunt. |
| | Mr. | Olin | A farmer. |
| | Mrs. | Olin | Mr. Olin's wife and became Jessica's good friend. |
| | | | MATTHEW |
| 1 | George | Washington | 1st President of the United States. |
| | Delmore | Jewel | Delmora's mother. |
| | Delmora | | One of Matthew's students. |
| | Garney | Robles | A local carpenter and member of the school board. |
| | Edward | Inwood | One of Matthew's students. aka: Ed. |
| 2 | Pontius | Pilate | The fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea. |
| | Venus | de Milo | An ancient Greek statue. |
| | Benjamin | Franklin | One of the Founding Fathers of the United States. |
| | Henry | Van Dyke | A famous short story writer, poet, and essayist. |
| | |
Aphrodite |
An ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure. |
| | Helen | | One of Matthew's students. |
| 3 | Alice | Wandling | One of Matthew's students. |
| | Alexander | Poe | An author. |
| | Miss | Coppidge | An English teacher. |
| | Francis | Bacon | A statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue. |
| 5 | Genevieve | | Leonie's friend. |
| 8 | Aaron | | Matthew's brother. |
| | Christopher | Columbus | An Italian explorer and navigator. |
| | Mr. | Kolb | Conducted a class in the Palmer Method. |
| | Ben | Carpenter | Won the contest conducted by Mr. Kolb. |
| | Phoebe | Oechen | Matthew's acquaintance. |
| | Hugo | Grancourt | Callie's grandfather. |
| | Mitch | | Hugo's eldest son. |
| | Gabriel | Soames | Matthew's grandfather. |
| | Johnny | Faust | Matthew's friend. |
| | Virg | | Johnny's acquaintance. |
| 9 | Pharaoh | | Matthew's mule. |
| 10 | Thaddeus | | One of Callie's half-brothers. aka: Thad. |
| | Wesley | | One of Callie's half-brothers. |
| 11 | Mr. | Motherwell | A professor. |
| | Charlotte | Newhouse | One of Matthew's students. |
| 12 | Scott | Richards | A television news reporter, photographer, producer and anchor. |
| | Charles | Dickens | English writer and social critic. |
| | Theodore | Dreiser | American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. |
| | Edith | Wharton | American novelist, short story writer, and designer. |
| | Amantine | Dupin | French novelist, memoirist, and journalist. aka: George Sand. |
| | John | Keats | English romantic poet. |
| | Alfred | Tennyson | British poet. |
| | Omar | Khayyam | Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. |
| | | | MATHY |
| 1 | Clabber | Dumpson | A minion. |
| | Maude | | A horse. |
| | Walter | Henshaw | A grocery owner. aka: Walt. |
| | Orville | | A farmer. |
| | Mrs. | Gunn | Mr. Henshaw's customer. |
| | Roy | | Mrs. Gunn's husband. |
| | Ezzer | Clark | A preacher. |
| 2 | Brother | Cottrell | Soames' family's acquaintance. |
| 3 | Irene Temple | Bailey | American novelist and short story writer. |
| | Emma L. | Squier | A writer and actress. |
| 4 | Ruthie | | Mathy's friend. |
| | Bobby | | Ruthie's cousin. |
| | H. L. | Mencken | American journalist and writer. |
| | Bertrand | Russell | British philosopher and logician. |
| | Sigmund | Freud | Austrian neurologist and the founding father of psychoanalysis. |
| | Sinclair | Lewis | American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. |
| | Calvin | Coolidge | 30th President of the United States. |
| 5 | Georgia | Brown | English singer and actress. |
| | Ezra | Pound | American poet and critic. |
| | Richard E. | Byrd | U.S. naval officer, pioneer aviator, and polar explorer. |
| 8 | Charles | Lindbergh | American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. |
| | Lindy | | Matthew's acquaintance. |
| 10 | Richard | Fields | American musician. aka: Dimples. |
| | Lil | | Ed's sister. |
| | | | LEONIE |
| 1 | Kenneth | | A basketball coach. aka: Kenny. |
| | Carol | Pakorney | Leonie's best friend. |
| | Ralphie | | Ralph and
Ophelia's son. |
| 2 | Sukie | | An old cow. |
| 4 | Billy | | Ed's acquaintance. |
| | Greta | Garbo | Swedish-American actress. |
| 6 | Creighton | | Jessica's second husband. |
| | | | CALLIE |
| 2 | Marco | Polo | Venetian merchant and adventurer. |
