Tommy Wellburn marries Mrs. Elsing’s daughter after her fiancé is killed during the war. He sustained a leg injury that gives him a limp, but he is hardworking and honest. A member of the Ku Klux Klan, Tommy is killed along with Frank Kennedy in an attempt to murder a Black man.
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Tommy Wellburn Character Timeline in Gone with the Wind
The timeline below shows where the character Tommy Wellburn appears in Gone with the Wind. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 35
Scarlett had tended the groom— Tommy Wellburn —in the hospital. He limps due to a wound on his hip, and she can’t...
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Chapter 36
...horror, Scarlett drives to the mill daily and sells lumber in town. Once, she intercepts Tommy Wellburn , who is buying lumber elsewhere, and convinces him to buy from her instead. How...
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Chapter 38
...unemployed, because she believes those people lack “gumption.” But all the hardworking men, such as Tommy Wellburn and Kells Whiting, are already employed.
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Chapter 46
Frank and Tommy Wellburn ’s bodies are found behind Belle’s, pistols in their hands. The Atlantans hate that they...
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