Compson is a fictional family created by American author William Faulkner for use in his novels and short stories. In the timeline of his writings, the Compsons were a once-prominent family in Jefferson, Mississippi, who began to fall upon hard times in the twentieth century. The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent (demonstrated or stipulated) from a common ancestor, marriage or adoption. ... William Faulkner, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897–July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Mississippi. ... Yoknapatawpha County is a fictional county created by American author William Faulkner as a setting for many of his novels. ... State nickname: Magnolia State Other U.S. States Capital Jackson Largest city Jackson Governor Haley Barbour Official languages English Area 125,546 km² (32nd)  - Land 121,606 km²  - Water 3,940 km² (3%) Population (2000)  - Population 2,697,243 (31st)  - Density 23. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ...

The family name is referred to briefly in the opening chapter of Requiem for a Nun. Principally depicted in The Sound and the Fury and in its appendix, they also make appearances in Absalom, Absalom! and stories such as "That Evening Sun." Faulkner traced their genealogy from 1699 to 1945. The Sound and the Fury is a well known novel written by American author William Faulkner. ... The word appendix refers to the following things: In publishing, an appendix is a short section at the end of a book, often used for supplementary information. ... Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by William Faulkner, published in 1936. ... Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. ... Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...