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