Patience's cold-hearted and avaricious father who runs the Indiana farm. He angrily dismisses John for proposing to Patience and forcefully commands his daughter to marry an aged widower, claiming paternal authority is absolute law.
Jeff is Patience's biological father, characterized by his strict and controlling nature.
Jeff employs John as a farmhand, establishing a professional hierarchy that is later broken.
Jeff and the widower temporarily unite in their search for the runaway bride.
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