# Mrs. Wood — The Virginian character guide

> Mrs. Wood in The Virginian by Owen Wister.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** John, poor Mrs. Wood, Mrs. John Stark Wood

**First appearance:** 0007-v-enter-the-woman

## Who they are

Molly's mother, a widow living in Bennington who supports her daughter's choices.

## In the story

### [The Sincere Spinster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_virginian_se/chapters/viii-the-sincere-spinster)

Molly's mother, who comes to Molly's room after she rejects Sam Bannett, presumably to urge her to accept him.

### [XII: Quality and Equality](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_virginian_se/chapters/xii-quality-and-equality)

Molly's mother, who worries about her daughter's safety in Wyoming and sends her books.

### [Word to Bennington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_virginian_se/chapters/xxix-word-to-bennington)

Molly's mother, initially horrified by the engagement, calling the Virginian 'a savage with knives and pistols'; writes a panicked letter to the great-aunt.

### [At Dunbarton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_virginian_se/chapters/xxxvi-at-dunbarton)

Molly's mother, who converses with the Virginian and finds him gentle and handsome.

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