# Sam Bannett — The Virginian character guide

> Sam Bannett in The Virginian by Owen Wister.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sam

**First appearance:** 0024-xxii-what-is-a-rustler

## Who they are

A cowboy who participates in the lynching of Steve and later aids the Virginian.

## In the story

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

Persistent suitor of Molly, wealthy and rising in Hoosic Falls, but rejected by her.

### [The Spinster Meets the Unknown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_virginian_se/chapters/ix-the-spinster-meets-the-unknown)

Meets Molly at Hoosic Junction but is rebuffed.

### [XXII: “What Is a Rustler?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_virginian_se/chapters/xxii-what-is-a-rustler)

Renews his suit to Molly in Bennington, taking her driving and showing her local sights, but she gently refuses him.

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

Mentioned as Molly's rejected suitor who later married a rich woman and lives in Hoosic Falls.

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