Character List - by Page Number

MARCH CHARACTER LIST

(Sorted by page number)

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