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The People of Port William
and Thereabouts
from the work of
Mr. Wendell Berry

 "The way we are, we are members of each other. All of us. Everything. The difference ain't in who is a member and who is not, but in who knows it and who don't."
Burley Coulter in "The Wild Birds"

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Name in parentheses in the first position indicates family relation where none is given directly in the stories. Name in parentheses after a full name is given indicates a maiden name or marital relation.

Listing of the stories of That Distant Land: The Collected Stories (2004) is in progress. They are noted as DL.

The Port William Membership

The Port William Membership in the Poetry of Mr. Wendell Berry

Key to The Port William Stories

Alexander, Mrs. - preacher's wife, teaches violin [JC]
Ardmire, Dr. - New Testament Greek professor at Pigeonville College [JC]
Aunt Cass - cook for Ben and Nancy Feltner [F1, DL1, 4]
Aunt Fanny - Joe Banion's mother [PE, OJ]
Aunt Ren - early cook/housekeeper for Beechums [OJ]
Aunt Sarah Jane - wife of Dick Watson, cook for Marce Catlett [WL]

Bagby, Mr. Willis - school benefit auctioneer [WW1, DL3]
Banion, Joe - Feltner farmhand [PE, OJ, WB4, JC]
Banion, Nettie - Feltner cook/housekeeper [PE, OJ, WL]
Beechum (Pettit), Clara - Jack's daughter [OJ, WB3]
Beechum, Hamilton and Matthew - Jack's older brothers, killed in Civil War [OJ]
Beechum, Jack - see The Membership; The Poetry [PE, BW, OJ, WB3, 4, 6, R, F1, JC, DL1, 4]
Beechum, Nancy (Feltner) - see The Membership [OJ, R, DL1, 4]
Beechum, Ruth (Lightwood) - Jack's wife [OJ, F1, DL4]
Benson, Earl - farms next door to Beechum place, interested in buying it [WB3]
Berlew, Fielding (Fee) - townsman, drinker [JC]
Berlew, Fraz - father of Fielding [JC]
Berlew, Lightning and Sylvania ("Smoothbore") - farmhands for Feltners [OJ]
Bode, Kyle - investigating detective [F4]
Bower, Uncle Bishop - oldest resident of PW in 1888 [DL1]
Branch, Daniel - see The Membership [NC, WB5, 6, R, F4, TM2]
Branch, Jake and Minnie - tenants on "the old Mack Crayton place" owned by Wheeler Catlett [WB2, WL]
Branch, Angeleen [WL]
Branch, Beureen [WL]
Branch, Coreen [WL]
Branch, Delano
Branch, Eveleen
Branch, Franklin ("Floreen") }children of Jake and Minnie Branch [WB2]
Branch, Kate Helen - mother of Daniel - see The Membership; The Poetry [NC, WB6, F4, WW1, JC, DL3]
Branch, Lillybelle - daughter of Jake's first marriage [WB2]
Branch, Lute - hog-killer for Carter Keith [JC, DL2]
Branch, Lyda - wife of Daniel [WB6, R, F4, TM2]
Branch, Old Mrs. - Kate Helen's mother [WB6]
Branch, Reenie - Jake's youngest child by his first marriage [WB2]
Branch, Trill and Juanita - sisters of Reenie through Jake's first marriage [WB2]
Brant, Anvil - farmer [PE]
Braymer, Billy - first grade student orator [WW1, DL3]
Brewster, Mrs. - deceased townsperson [PE]
Brightleaf, Fred - friend of Andy [WL]
Brightleaf, Jess - friend of Marce Catlett, Fred's uncle? [WL]
Brightleaf, Mrs. - mother of Fred [WL]
Brightleaf, Rufus - father of Fred? [WL, JC]
Bubbles - burlesque performer [NC]
Budge, Miss Della - former teacher of Jack Beechum [F1, DL4]
Burgess, Milton - owner of Burgess General Merchandise [PE, JC]
Burgess, Mrs. - wife of Milton [PE ]
Burgess, Uncle Royal - merchant, deceased [JC]
Burk, Noah - friend of Andy [WL]
Bush, Officer - policeman in Louisville [F4]
Buttermore, Mr. - client of Wheeler Catlett [WL, TM2]

Callahan, Ted - Andy's and Flora's college classmate [R]
Catlett, Andrew - Andy's uncle, brother of Wheeler [WL]
Catlett, Andy - see The Membership; The Poetry [PE, OJ, WB2, 4, 5, 6, R, F1, 4, 5, WL, TM2, DL1, 4]
Catlett (Feltner), Bess - Wheeler's wife see The Membership [PE, WB1, 4, R, F4, WL, DL4, 8]
Catlett, Betty - daughter of Andy [R]
Catlett (Coulter), Dorie - see The Membership [OJ, WB1, 6, R, WL, DL8]
Catlett, Flora - Andy's wife see The Membership [WB5, R, F1, 4]
Catlett, Henry - see The Membership [BW, WB2, 5, R, F4, WL]
Catlett, Judith - wife of Andrew [WL]
Catlett, Lucy - great-grandmother of Andy, sister of James [WL]
Catlett, Marcellus - see The Membership [OJ, WB1, 6, R , F1, WL, TM2, JC, DL4, 8]
Catlett, Sarah (sometimes Sara) - Henry's wife see The Membership [WB5, R, F4]
Catlett, Virgil - son of Andy [R]
Catlett, Wheeler - see The Membership [PE, OJ, WB all, R, F1, 4, WL, TM1, 2, DL8]
Catlett, Will - older brother of Marcellus [WL]
Chatham, Athey Keith - third child of Troy and Mattie [JC]
Chatham, Beater - general store owner [F1, WW1, DL3, 4]
Chatham, Della Elizabeth (Liddie) - first child of Troy and Mattie [JC]
Chatham, James William (Jimmy) - second child of Troy and Mattie [JC]
Chatham, Mattie - see Keith, Mattie [JC]
Chatham, Troy - husband of Mattie Keith [JC]
Chin, French - farmhand for Dave Coulter [BW]
Chum - waiter and handyman at FitzGerald's Riverwood nightclub [JC]
Clark, Barber - barber at The Good Shepherd orphanage [JC]
Clemmons, Perry family - visited by Ruth Lightwood [OJ]
Corvin, Chumpy and Grover - bullies [WL]
Cotman, Dora - townswoman [JC]
Cotman, Irene - daughter of Walter and Thelma [F2]
Cotman, Mushrat - farmer, "pioneer" in the Frankfort parade [DK]
Cotman, Thig - husband of Dora [JC]
Cotman, Dark Tom - blind man [JC]
Cotman, Walter and Thelma - of the Cotman Ridge neighborhood see The Membership [F2, WW7, DL5]
Coulter, Abner - Thad's only son [F1, DL4]
Coulter, Amos Abner - grandfather of Dave Coulter and Marce Catlett, son of Jonas T. Coulter [F4]
Coulter, Burley - see The Membership; The Poetry [NC, PE, BW, OJ, WB5, 6, R, DK, F1, 4, WW1, 7, TM1, JC, DL3, 4, 5]
Coulter, Dave - see The Membership [NC, OJ, WB6, F1, 4, JC, DL4]
Coulter, George W. - see The Membership [NC, WB5, 6 ]
Coulter (Feltner), Hannah - see The Membership [PE, OJ, WB4, 6, R, F4]
Coulter, Jarrat - see The Membership [NC, BW, OJ, WB5, 6, R, F4, JC]
Coulter, Jonas Thomasson - see The Membership [NC ]
Coulter, Letitia (McGown) - great great grandmother, married to "another Nathan Coulter" [R]
(Coulter), Aunt Mary - youngest daughter of Jonas Thomasson Coulter see The Membership [NC]
Coulter, Martha Elizabeth - Thad's youngest child [F1, DL4]
Coulter, Mathew Burley (Mattie) - son of Nathan [OJ, WB4, 5, 6]
Coulter, Nathan - see The Membership [NC, PE, BW, OJ, WB3, 4, 6, R, F4, WL, JC]
Coulter, Parthenia B. - see The Membership [NC]
Coulter, Rachel - Thad's wife [F1, DL4]
Coulter, Ransom - ancient member of the family remembered by Jack Beechum [OJ]
Coulter, Thad - (1855-1912) cousin of Dave, killer of Ben Feltner [F1, JC, DL2, 4]
Coulter, Tom - see The Membership [NC, PE, WB6, F4, JC]
Coulter, Zelma (Humston) - wife of Dave [JC]
Courtney, Dolph - drugstore owner [PE, JC]
Crandel, Mr. and Mrs. [NC]
Crane, Corbin - step-father of Elton Penn [WW4]
Crane, Noble - member of The Regulators [JC, DL2]
Cray, Corbin - alt. name (error?) of Corbin Crane [TM1]
Crop, Annie - daughter of Gideon [PE]
Crop, Gideon - tenant/sharecropper for R. Merchant [PE]
Crop, Ida - wife of Gideon [PE]
Crop, John - father of Gideon, hog-killer for Carter Keith [PE, JC, DL2]
Crow, Jayber (Jonas) - see The Membership; The Poetry [PE, OJ, WB6, DK, JC]
Crow, Luther - father of Jayber Crow [JC]
Crow, Walter - student orator [WW1, DL3]

Dagget, Aunt Cordie (Cordelia) - wife of Otha [WW7, JC, DL5]
Dagget, Uncle Otha (Othy) - farmer and fisher at Squire's Landing [WW7, JC]
Davis, Marion - school friend of Andy Catlett [WL]
Dawson, Rowd - claims to be the natural son of Mr. Buttermore [TM2]
Doyle, Jim - member of The Regulators [JC, DL2]

Easterly, Beriah - previous owner of the Billy Landing property [NC, JC]
Easterly, Calvin - son of Beriah [NC]
Easterly, Mrs. - wife of Beriah [NC]
Eckstrom, Jones, Bitmer, Hirsch, Walters, Corelli, McBride - dead soldiers [F3]
Edge, Emmet - a shantyboatman [JC]
Ekrum, Uncle Arn - owner of an automobile [WW4]
Ellis, Annie May - wife of Big [NC, PE, JC]
Ellis, Big - farmer, drinking buddy/accomplice of Burley [NC, PE, JC]
Ellis, Jeff - disputes farm boundary with J. T. Coulter [NC]
Ellis, Big Joe - hog-killer for Carter Keith [JC, DL2]
Ellis, Little Joe - hog-killer for Carter Keith [JC, DL2]

Fanshaw, Focus - drunk townsman [JC]
Feltner, Ben - see The Membership [OJ, WB4, 6, R, F1, DL1, 4]
Feltner, Bess (Catlett) - Mat's daughter, see Catlett, Bess [F1, DL4]
Feltner (Coulter), Hannah - see The Membership [PE, BW, OJ, WL]
Feltner, Margaret (Finley) - see The Membership [PE, BW, OJ, WB4, 5, R, F1, WL, JC, DL1, 4]
Feltner, Little Margaret - daughter of Virgil and Hannah [BW, OJ]
Feltner, Mat - see The Membership; The Poetry [NC, PE, BW, OJ, WB4, 5, 6, R, F1, 4, WL, JC, DL1, 4]
(Feltner?) Great-Aunt Milly - Mat's aunt [PE ]
Feltner, Nancy (Beechum) - Ben's wife [R, F1, DL1]
Feltner, Virgil - see The Membership [PE, WB4, F4, JC]
Fewclothes, Ben and Ellie - an elderly black couple, lived across the river from the Daggets [JC]
Fields, Dewey - hog-killer for Carter Keith [JC, DL2]
Finley, Ernest - carpenter, Mat Feltner's brother-in-law [PE, JC]
Finley, Margaret - see Feltner, Margaret [DL1]
Finley, Rebecca - mother of Margaret and Ernest [F1, DL4]
Finn, Gladdie - Jayber Crow's next-door neighbor, widow of Forrest senior, mother of Forrest junior [JC]
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Doozie - owner of Riverwood nightclub [JC]
Flynn, Miss Iris - Yeager Stump's girlfriend, owner of the Rosebud Café in Hargrave [WL]
Foresee, Graham - sells mules to Jack Beechum in 1888 [OJ]
Forest Franklin - congressman from Port William's district [R]

Gadwell, P. R. - merchant at Stoneport [WL]
Gale, Nell - girlfriend of Henry and Andy Catlett [JC]
Gallagher, Latham - runs for state representative [WW2, DL6]
Gibbs, Althie - schoolgirl [JC]
Gibbs, Beulah - wife of Grover? [WB6]
Gibbs, Billy - son of Grover, soldier/flyer; see The Poetry [PE]
Gibbs, Grover - son of Stanley [PE, WB6, JC]
Gibbs, Mrs. (Miss) Pauline - wife of Stanley [PE, JC]
Gibbs, Uncle Stanley - church janitor and grave-digger; The Poetry [PE, JC]
Goslin, Herman - provides transport from river landing to town in 1880s [DL1]
Greatlow, Clydie - niece of Violet, friend of Jaber Crow, caretaker of mother Sigurnia and Aunt Beulah [JC]
Greatlow, Mr. - second husband of Lizzie Kate Skinner [PE]
Greatlow, Violet - barber in Hargave [JC]

Hallie, Miss - Wheeler Catlett's secretary 1950s [WB3]
Hample, Delbert - father of Thacker [WW7, DL5]
Hample, Frankie Lee (Grinner) - "pioneer" in the Frankfort parade [DK]
Hample, Jonah and Daisy - of The Cotman Ridge neighborhood see The Membership [F2]
(Hample), Aunt Nancy - grandmother of Thacker [WW7, DL5]
(Hample), Uncle Norey - grandfather of Thacker [WW7, DL5]
Hample, Thacker (Nightlife) - member of large Hample clan of Katy's Branch [WW7, DL5]
Hanks, Sam - nephew of Miss Minnie Quinch, truck driver [DK, F3, WW3, 4, 7, JC, DL5, 7]
Hanks, Warren - father of Sam Hanks, husband of Miss Minnie Quinch's sister [WW7, DL5]
Hardy, Braymer - farmer of The Cotman Ridge neighborhood see The Membership [F1, WW4, 7, DL4, 5]
Hardy, Charlie - court clerk at Hargrave [WL]
Hardy, Josie (Josie Braymer) - wife of Braymer [F2, WW7, DL5]
Hardy, Tom - farmer of The Cotman Ridge neighborhood see The Membership [F2, WW7, DL5]
Hardy, Josie (Josie Tom) - wife of Tom [F2, WW7, DL5]
Harford, Riley - Port William farmer d. 1903 [R]
Harmon, Carp - killer of Andrew Catlett [WL]
Hawes, Skinner - barber in Lexington [JC]
Hayes, Stillman - hog-killer for Carter Keith [JC, DL2]
Hench, Felix and Festus - members of The Regulators [JC, DL2]
Hench, Hiram - townsman [JC]
Hendrick, Mrs. - hotel owner [PE, OJ]
Hernshaw, Walter - client of Wheeler Catlett's [F4]
Hopple, Ag and Gilead - parents of Hibernia [WW1, DL3]
Hopple, Hibernia - student orator [WW1, JC, DL3]
Horsefield, Barber (Peter A. Haussfeldt) - pre-Jayber barber of Port William [JC]
Humston, Whit - Dave Coulter's father-in-law [OJ]
Humston, Zelma (Coulter) - daughter of Whit [JC]

J. D. - brother-in-law of Big Ellis, on vacation from Louisville [NC]
Jimson, Hal - Andy's and Flora's college classmate [R]
Joe - son of Samp [F1, DL4]
Johnson, Elder - blacksmith [F1, JC, DL4]
Johnson, Will - former blacksmith of Port William [JC]
Jones, Professor Barton - Andy and Flora Catlett's college history prof. [R]
Jones, Uncle Jackson - Elton Penn's uncle [TM1]
Jones, Laban - Wheeler's friend, farmer's son [WB1]
Jones, Portly - assistant to Milo Settle [JC]
Jones, U. S. - member of The Regulators [JC, DL2]
Jones, Wisely - Portly's brother [JC]

Keith, Athey - farmer, husband of Della, father of Mattie [JC, DL2]
Keith, Carter - father of Athey [JC, DL2]
Keith, Della - wife of Athey, mother of Mattie [JC]
Keith, Mattie (Chatham) - daughter of Athey, wife of Troy [JC]
Kentfield, Tim and Bubby - friends of Andy Catlett [WL]
Kirby - Andy Catlett's girlfriend at Hargrave [OJ]

Lamar, Gid - member of The Regulators [JC, DL2]
Lathrop, Frank - general store co-owner with son Jasper [PE]
Lathrop, Jasper - general store co-owner with father Frank, soldier [PE, OJ, TM1, JC]
Lathrop, Minnie - wife of Frank [PE]
Lawler, E. (Elizabeth) - a girl at The Good Shepherd orphanage [JC]
Leatherwood, Norm - Andy's and Flora's college classmate [R]
Lightwood, Ruth - marries Jack Beechum [OJ]
Loyd, Gander - friend of Burley Coulter [NC]
Loyd, Mandy - wife of Gander [NC]

Markman, Dr. - physician of Port William around 1937 [JC]
Markman, Jim Pete - merchant at the Billy Landing [JC, DL2]
Markman, Uncle Eb - old Catlett farmhand [WL]
Markman, Gladys and Amster - deceased farm folks [WL]
Mayhew, Floyd's boy - helps Old Jack Beechum plow a garden [PE]
McCallum, John T. - farmer, "closer to Hargrave than to Port William" [DK, JC]
McEndry, Pistol, Hamp, Lank and Spiz - young men on the town [JC]
McGrother, Guiney - member of The Regulators [JC, DL2]
McGrother, Sims - contends with Jack Beechum for the Farrier place [OJ]
McIniss, Dr. Clay - deceased husband of Rose [OJ]
McIniss, Rose - Jack Beechum's mistress [OJ]
Meikelberger, Bill - Ohio farmer using scientific methods [R]
(Merchant), Angela - Violet's daughter who inherits land from Violet and Roger [R]
Merchant, Griffith - PW farmer bought Harford's land, father of Roger [PE, R]
Merchant, Roger - Mat Felter's cousin, drunk, landowner [PE, R]
Merchant, Violet - sister of Roger [R]
Mixter, Bill - band leader, dance caller and fiddle player [PE, JC]
"Momma-pie" - mother of Judith Catlett [WL]
Montgomery, Lemuel (Chicken Little) - twin brother of Len [NC]
Montgomery, Len (Mushmouth) - twin brother of Lemuel [NC]
Mulwain, Aunt Molly - widow, former slave, mother of Aunt Ellie Fewclothes [JC, DL2]

Netherbough, Tommy - Andy Catlett's friend, classmate, editor at Scientific Farming [R]
Niblett, Buster - student orator [WW1, DL3]
Nightlife (Thacker Hample) - member of large Hample clan of Katy's Branch [WW7, DL5]

Oaks, Col - husband of Lillybelle Branch [WB2, WL]
O'Callahan, N. (Nan) - a girl at The Good Shepherd orphanage [JC]
Overhold, Brother - minister [WW1, DL3]
Overhold, Ceceilia - wife of Roy [JC]
Overhold, Aunt Ret - deceased [JC]
Overhold, Roy (Royal?) - townsman, "pioneer" in Frankfort parade [DK, JC]

Page, Webster - foxhunter from Goforth, hog-killer for Carter Keith [JC, DL2]
Partlet, Mrs. - wife of Jockey Partlet, neighbor of Minnie Branch [WL]
Pendleton, Jig - shantyboatman and fisherman[NC ]
Penn, Elton - see The Membership; The Poetry [PE, OJ, WB2, 3, 4, 5, 6, R, F2, 4, 5, WW4, 7, WL, TM1, 2, JC, DL5]
Penn, Elsie - daughter of Elton [WB5]
Penn, Jack Beechum - son of Elton [WB5, R, F4]
Penn, Mary - see The Membership [PE, OJ, WB3, 5, R, F2, 5, WL, TM1]
Pettit, Clara (Beechum) - Jack Beechum's daughter [WB3]
Pettit, Gladston - husband of Clara Beechum, Jack's son-in-law [OJ, WB3]
Pindle, Alfred - dancer at Mrs. FitzGerald's Riverwood nightclub [JC]
Preston, Brother - minister [PE, JC]
Profet, Old Man - townsman [JC]
Proudfoot, Aunt Belle - mother of Lester [WW6]
(Proudfoot), Uncle Fowler [WW6]
(Proudfoot), Uncle George Washington [WW6]
Proudfoot, Lester - cousin of Ptolemy [WW6, 7, DL5]
Proudfoot, Mark Anthony (Old Ant'ny) - grandfather of Ptolemy [WW6]
Proudfoot, Maw - wife of Mark Anthony [WW6]
Proudfoot Miss Minnie Quinch - wife of Ptolemy, teacher at Goforth School for the neighborhoods of Katy's Branch and Cotman Ridge [WW all, JC, DL3, 5, 6, 7]
(Proudfoot), Uncle O. R. [WW6]
Proudfoot, Ptolemy (1883- ?) - farmer in Cotman Ridge area [WW all, DL3, 5, 6, 7]
(Proudfoot), Uncle Will [WW6]
Ester Purlin - Minnie Branch's youngest child by her first marriage [WB2, WL]
R. T. Purlin - Minnie Branch's youngest son by her first marriage [WB2, WL]

Quail, Iona - mother of Jayber Crow [JC]
Quail, Uncle Isham and Aunt Frances - parents of Daisy Hample and Thelma Cotman of The Cotman Ridge neighborhood see The Membership [F2, JC]
Quinch, Miller - hog-killer for Carter Keith [JC, DL2]
Quinch, Miss Minnie - see Proudfoot, Miss Minnie Quinch

Rawl, Scoop - owner of ice cream parlor in Lexington [WL]
Riggins, Loony - jailer in Hargave [JC]
Roberts, Roger - townsman with speech impediment [JC]
Roe, Miss Hilda - secretary in the Catlett law office 1970s [F4]
Rowanberry, Uncle Ab [JC]
Rowanberry, Arthur - see The Membership; The Poetry [ WB5, 6, R, F1, 3, 4, 5, WW7, TM1, JC, DL4, 5]
Rowanberry, Betsy (Coulter) - b. 21 May 1824, married to Will Rowanberry [R]
Rowanberry, Early - see The Membership [ WB5, 6, R, F1, 3, DL4]
Rowanberry, Elias - ancestor (grandfather?) of Arthur and Martin [F5]
Rowanberry, Uncle Ive and sister Verna - Confederate Army veteran [JC]
Rowanberry, Martin - see The Membership; The Poetry [WB4, 5, F3, 4, 5, WW7, TM1, JC, DL5]
(Rowanberry) Roy Lee - Art's sister's son [F3]

Samp - son of Aunt Cass and Old Smoke, father of Joe [F1, DL4]
Settle, Maxie - townswoman, wife of Milo? [JC]
Settle, Milo - own of the garage in Port William [JC]
Settle, Thelma - student orator [WW1, JC, DL3]
Sheriff - of the county at Hargrave [F1, DL4]
Shifter, Bob - mechanic on the road to Louisville [WW4]
Shifter, Claude - of Ellville, no kin to Bob [WW4]
Shifter, Peg - member of The Regulators [JC, DL2]
Shoals, Sylvan- Union Army veteran [JC]
Simms, Buster - friend of Andrew Catlett [WL]
Skinner, Albert - deceased husband of Lizzie Kate [PE]
Skinner, Lizzie Kate - sister of Gideon Crop's wife's mother [PE]
Smallwood, Julep - townsman [JC]
Smoke - husband of Aunt Cass, Joe Banion's grandfather, former slave [WB4, F1, DL1, 4]
Sowers, Shorty - the banker's son [JC]
Spanker, Mamie - townswoman in Port William [OJ]
Spellman, Thad - farmer, owner of an abandoned field [WB6, F4]
Spradlin, Whacker - town drunk, bootlegger [PE, JC]
Starns, Doctor - doctor in Port William, 1912 [F1, DL4]
Stedman, Dr. - a doctor in Hargrave, interested in buying the Beechum place [WB3]
Stovall, Walter - carpenter, built M. Feltner's barn [PE]
Stump, Yeager - friend of Andrew Catlett [WL]
Swain, Luther - farmer [JC]
Sweetswing, Calvin - Reenie Branch's fiance [WB2]

Tacker, Petey - undertaker [DK, JC]
Thacker, River Bill - townsman [JC]
Thigpen, Loyd - Burley Coulter's hunting and fishng partner [JC]
Thobe, Tucker - member of The Regulators [JC, DL2]
Thripple, Arch and Ada - neighbors of the Daggets [JC]
Thripple, Wanda and Bernice - daughters of Arch and Ada [JC]
Tomtit - hog-killer for Carter Keith [JC, DL2]
Trim, Leaf - Jake Branch's full-time hired hand [WB2]
Troyer, Anna, Susan, Caleb - Isaac's wife and two youngest children [R]
Troyer, Isaac - Pennsylvania farmer using traditional methods [R]

Uncle Henry - aged helper in Beechum garden and barn [OJ]

Vye, Miss Julia - Wheeler Catlett's secretary 1940s [WL]

Wade, Uncle Mint - old Catlett farmhand [WL]
Warnick, T. - Jayber's first roommate at The Good Shepherd orphanage [JC]
Watson, Dick - old farmhand for Marce Catlett, husband of Aunt Sarah Jane [WL]
Wells, Will - hired by Jack as farmhand on Farrier place [OJ]
Wells, Marthy - Will's wife [OJ]
Wheeler, Andrew - father of Dorie (Catlett), James, and Leonidas (Uncle Peach) [WB1, DL8]
Wheeler, Pvt. Avery - Confederate soldier [JC]
Wheeler, James - brother of Dorie and Leonidas [WB1]
Wheeler, Leonidas ("Uncle Peach") - youngest brother of Dorie Catlett, carpenter, drunk [WB1, WL, DL8]
(Wheeler), Aunt Lizzie - sister of Dorie Catlett [WL]
Wheeler, Aunt Maude [WB5]
(Wheeler), Aunt Roxanna - Dorie Catlett's oldest sister [WL]
(Wheeler), Cousin Thelma - niece of Dorie Catlett [WL]
Whitlow, Mr. - distant farmer who hires Tom Coulter when he leaves home [NC]
Whitespade, Brother - superintendent of The Good Shepherd orphanage in central Kentucky near Canefield [JC]
Whodat, Alice - bootlegger [WB6]
Willard, Skeets - customer in blacksmith's shop [F1, DL4]
William - friend of J. D., on vacation from Louisville [NC]
Wingfare, Brother - young minister who presides at Jack Beechum's funeral [OJ, JC]
Woolfork, Put - lazy farmer, neighbor of the Daggets [WW7, JC, DL2, 5]

 Mr. Wendell Berry of Kentucky