11. GENEALOGY
Absalom, Absalom! / 押沙龙,押沙龙1THOMAS SUTPEN.
2Born 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.
3EULALIA BON.
4Born in Haiti. Only child of Haitian sugar planter of French descent. Married Thomas Sutpen, 1827, divorced from him, 1831. Died in New Orleans, date unknown.
5CHARLES BON.
6Son of Thomas and Eulalia Bon Sutpen. Only child. Attended University of Mississippi, where he met Henry Sutpen and became engaged to Judith. Private, later lieutenant, th Company, (University Greys) ——th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. Died, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1865.
7GOODHUE COLDFIELD.
8Born in Tennessee. Moved to Jefferson, Miss., 1828, established small mercantile business. Died, Jefferson, 1864.
9ELLEN COLDFIELD.
10Daughter of Goodhue Coldfield. Born in Tennessee, 1818. Married Thomas Sutpen, Jefferson, Miss., 1838. Died, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1862.
11ROSA COLDFIELD.
12Daughter of Goodhue Coldfield. Born, Jefferson, 1845. Died, Jefferson, 1910.
13HENRY SUTPEN.
14Born, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1839, son of Thomas and Ellen Coldfield Sutpen. Attended University of Mississippi. Private, ——th Company, (University Greys) ——th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. Died, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1910.
15JUDITH SUTPEN.
16Daughter of Thomas and Ellen Coldfield Sutpen. Born, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1841. Became engaged to Charles Bon, 1860. Died, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1884.
17CLYTEMNESTRA SUTPEN.
18Daughter of Thomas Sutpen and a negro slave. Born, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1834. Died, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1910.
19WASH JONES.
20Date 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.
21MELICENT JONES.
22Daughter of Wash Jones. Date of birth unknown. Rumored to have died in a Memphis brothel.
23MILLY JONES.
24Daughter of Melicent Jones. Born 1853. Died, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1869.
25UNNAMED INFANT.
26Daughter of Thomas Sutpen and Milly Jones. Born, died, Sutpen’s Hundred, same day, 1869.
27CHARLES ETIENNE DE SAINT VELERY BON.
28Only 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.
29JIM BOND (BON).
30Son of Charles Etienne de Saint Velery Bon. Born, Sutpen’s Hundred, 1882. Disappeared from Sutpen’s Hundred, 1910. Whereabouts unknown.
31QUENTIN COMPSON.
32Grandson of Thomas Sutpen’s first Yoknapatawpha County friend. Born, Jefferson, 1891. Attended Harvard, 1909-1910. Died, Cambridge, Mass., 1910.
33SHREVLIN McCANNON.
34Born, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1890. Attended Harvard, 1909-1914. Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, France, 1914-1918. Now a practising surgeon, Edmonton, Alta.