# William Jones — Spoon River Anthology character guide

> William Jones in Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0221-william-jones

## Who they are

A farmer who dies from a snakebite.

## Relationships

### [Judge Somers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/characters/judge_somers)

_professional_

Judge Somers presided over cases involving William Jones, a petty criminal, with biased authority.

## In the story

### [Imanuel Ehrenhardt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/imanuel-ehrenhardt)

Mentioned as the person through whose soul Imanuel Ehrenhardt's experience is filtered, and who shows him a letter from John Muir.

### [William Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/william-jones)

The speaker and naturalist who finds wonder in nature and corresponds with scientists.

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