# Lyman Cass — Main Street character guide

> Lyman Cass in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cass, Lym Cass

**First appearance:** 0021-iii

## Who they are

The stern, silent owner of the town's flour mill.

## Relationships

### [Carol Kennicott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/characters/carol_kennicott)

_social_

Lyman Cass is the stern, miserly owner of the town's flour mill, and Carol regards him as a symbol of Gopher Prairie's unyielding conservatism.

### [Carol Kennicott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/characters/carol_kennicott)

_social_

Lyman Cass is the stern, miserly owner of the town's flour mill, and Carol regards him as a symbol of Gopher Prairie's unyielding conservatism.

### [Carol Kennicott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/characters/carol_kennicott)

_social_

Lyman Cass is the stern, miserly owner of the town's flour mill, and Carol regards him as a symbol of Gopher Prairie's unyielding conservatism.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/i)

Carol and Kennicott visit the Casses, who seem flustered by their arrival.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as president of the flour mill who would fire a socialist; represents the town's conservative power structure.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/iv)

Lyman Cass is mentioned as the owner of the flour-mill and husband of Mrs. Lyman Cass.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/xiv)

Cited by Will as a well-read individual, though Carol dismisses the town's definition of being 'well-informed.'

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/ii)

Kennicott inquires of him about crop yields, showing his methodical approach to land investment.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/iii)

Library-board member; owner of the mill, well-versed in historians like Gibbon and Hume; opposes personal contributions for book purchases.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/ii)

Referenced through his wife, Mrs. Lyman Cass, who is among the hate-filled women.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/i)

Provides Champ Perry with a job as night watchman at the mill.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/characters/lyman_cass
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/characters