Absalom, Absalom!

1833: Sutpen appears in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, takes up land, build his house.

1834: Clytemnestra (Clytie) born to slave woman.

1838: Sutpen married Ellen Coldfield.

1839: Henry Sutpen born, Sutpen's Hundred.

1841: Judith Sutpen born.

1845: Rosa Coldfield born.

1850: Wash Jones moves into abandoned fishing camp on Sutpen's plantation, with his daughter.

1853: Milly Jones born to Wash Jones' daughter.

1859: Henry Sutpen and Charles Bon meet at University of Mississippi. Judith and Charles meet that Xmas. Charles Etienne St. Valery Bon born, New Orleans.

1860: Xmas, Sutpen forbids marriage between Judith and Bon. Henry repudiates his birthright, departs with Bon.

1861: Sutpen, Henry, and Bon depart for war.

1863: Ellen Coldfield dies.

1864: Goodhue Coldfield dies.

1865: Henry kills Bon at gates. Rosa Coldfield moves out to Sutpen's Hundred.

1866: Sutpen becomes engaged to Rosa Coldfield, insults her. She returns to Jefferson.

1867: Sutpen takes up with Milly Jones.

1869: Milly's child is born. Wash Jones kills Sutpen.

1870: Charles E. St. V. Bon appears at Sutpen's Hundred.

1871: Clytie fetches Charles E. St. V. Bon to Sutpen's Hundred to live.

1881: Charles E. St. V. Bon returns with negro wife.

1882: Jim Bond born.

1884: Judith and Charles E. St. V. Bon die of yellow fever.

1909, September: Rosa Coldfield and Quentin find Henry Sutpen hidden in the house.

1909, December: Rosa Coldfield goes out to fetch Henry to town, Clytie sets fire to the house.

Genealogy

Thomas Sutpen

Born 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.

Eulalia Bon

Born in Haiti. Only child of Haitian sugar planter of French descent. Married Thomas Sutpen, 18 27, divorced from him, 183 1. Died in New Orleans, date unknown.

Charles Bon

Son of Thomas and Eulalia Bon Sutpen. Only child. Attended University of Mississippi, where be met Henry Sutpen and became engaged to Judith. Private, later lieutenant, —th Company, (University Grays) —th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1865.

Goodhue Coldfield

Born in Tennessee. Moved to Jefferson, Miss., 1828, established small mercantile business. Died, Jefferson, 1864.

Ellen Coldfield

Daughter of Goodhue Coldfield. Born in Tennessee, 1817. Married Thomas Sutpen, Jefferson, Miss., 1838. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1863.

Rosa Coldfield

Daughter of Goodhue Coldfield. Born, Jefferson, 1845. Died, Jefferson, 1910.

Henry Sutpen

Born, Sutpen's Hundred, 1839, son of Thomas and Ellen Coldfield Sutpen. Attended University of Mississippi. Private, —th Company, (University Grays) —th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1909.

Judith Sutpen

Daughter of Thomas and Ellen Coldfield Sutpen. Born, Sutpen's Hundred, 1841. Became engaged to Charles Bon, 1860. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1884.

Clytemnestra Sutpen

Daughter of Thomas Sutpen and a negro slave. Born, Sutpen's Hundred, 1834. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1909.

Wash Jones

Date 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.

Melicent Jones

Daughter of Wash Jones. Date of birth unknown. Rumored to have died in a Memphis brothel.

Milly Jones

Daughter of Melicent Jones. Born 1853. Died, Sutpen's Hundred, 1869.

Unnamed Infant

Daughter of Thomas Sutpen and Milly Jones. Born, died, Sutpen's Hundred, same day, 1869.

Charles Etienne de Saint Valery Bon

Only 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.

Jim Bond (Bon)

Son of Charles Etienne de Saint Valery Bon. Born, Sutpen's Hundred, 1882. Disappeared from Sutpen's Hundred, 1910. Whereabouts unknown.

Quentin Compson

Grandson of Thomas Sutpen's first Yoknapatawpha County friend. Born, Jefferson, 1891. Attended Harvard, 1909-1910. Died, Cambridge, Mass., 1910.

Shrevlin Mccannon

Born, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1890. Attended Harvard, 1909-1914. Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, France, 1914-1918. Now a practicing surgeon, Edmonton, Alta.