MARCH CHARACTER LIST

(Sorted alphabetically by character name) 

 

Characters	Page First Encountered	Description
Annie	14	Cook at Clement’s house
Bigelow, Edwin	180	Blacksmith, member of Underground Railroad
Bingham, Mrs.	173	Driver for Underground Railroad
Bolland, Mr.	222	Roomer with Brooks at rooming house
Brooke, John	212	Laurie’s tutor, goes with Mrs. March to Washington
Brown, John	57	Mentioned in letter
Brown, Mrs.	65	John Brown’s wife
Canning, Ethan	91	Illinois attorney who leased Widow Croft’s plantation
Cato	191	Zeke’s son, helping Confederate raiders
Chaplain	228	At hospital
Cilla	101	Water carrier
Clement son	37	Away on business
Clement, Augustus	17	Plantation owner
Clement, Grace	12	Servant at Clement’s house (she returns on p. 48 in 1861).
Clement, Marianne	22	Clements’ grown daughter
Clement, Mrs.	20	Sickly, wife of plantation owner
Colonel	68	Soldier at Harper’s Ferry
Corporal	68	Soldier at Harper’s Ferry
Croft, Colonel	91	Plantation owner
Davis, Jefferson	181	Mentioned as surrendering his Senate seat
Day, Daniel	45	Unitarian minister
Day, Miss Margaret Marie (Marmee)	60	Daniel’s Day’s sister, becomes March’s wife
Day, Mr. (Senior)	75	Daniel Day’s father
Day, Mrs.	61	Daniel’s wife
Douglass, Frederick	170	Mentioned in aftermath of John Brown’s arrest
Emerson, Lydian	83	Comes to dinner party
Emerson, Ralph Waldo	67	At gathering to mark Brown’s execution, reappears on p. 83 at dinner party
Flora	172	Escaped slave hidden at March house
Flynn, Nurse	219	Beady-eyed, ill-tempered nurse
Hale, Mrs. Emily	237	Surgeon’s wife
Hale, Surgeon	217	Works at DC hospital
Harris	35	Clement’s plantation manager
Hawthorne, Nathaniel	178	A luncheon held in his honor
Hester	237	Servant
Higginson, Tom	66	Gave news of John Brown’s capture
Jamison, Mrs.	221	Runs rooming house in Washington
Jesse	143	A driver, student of March’s
Jimse	139	Small African-American boy, burned by cruelty of a soldier
Josiah	92	Meets March when he arrives at Oak Landing
Justice	27	Annie’s son
Lawrence, John	132	Reclusive neighbor
Lawrence, Laurie	212	Mentioned as Mr. Lawrence’s nephew
Louis	27	Annie’s deceased husband
March	1	Protagonist
March, Amy	66	March’s youngest daughter, mentioned in letter
March, Aunt	117	March’s wealthy aunt
March, Beth	66	March’s daughter, mentioned in letter,
March, Jo	57	March’s daughter, mentioned in letter
March, Marmee	57	March’s wife, mentioned in letter
March, Meg	57	March’s eldest daughter, mentioned in letter
March, Uncle	117	Dies
Markham	237	Servant
May	200	Dies
McKillop, Dr., Capt.	46	Surgeon
Millbrake, Seth	46	Patient, wheelwright from Cambridge
Mother	105	Elderly ex-slave woman
Mullet, Mrs. Hannah	88	Housekeeper for elder Mr. Day
Philbride	47	A dying patient
Prudence	22	Annie’s daughter
Ptolemy	158	Older gentleman
Sanborn, the schoolmaster	67	At gathering to mark Brown’s execution, reappears on p. 121 at March girls’ teacher
Sister Mary Adela	204	On hospital ship Red Rover
Smith, Gerrit	170	Mentioned in aftermath of John Brown’s arrest
Stone, Silas	5	Wounded soldier
Thomas	151	The beekeeper
Thoreau, Cynthia	77	Henry’s sister
Thoreau, Henry David	67	At gathering to mark Brown’s execution, reappears on p. 83 at dinner party
Thoreau, John	77	Mechanic, Henry David Thoreau’s father
Thoreau, Mrs.	77	Mechanic’s wife, Henry’s mother
Thoreau, Sophia	77	Henry’s sister
Tyndale, Maj. Hector	65	Escorted John Brown’s body to NY
White, Cepheus	227	Orderly and soldier who helps Marmee
Zannah	140	Jimse’s mother
Zeke	99	Man in “hole.”  His sons joined Confederate Army.