No edit summary Tag: Visual edit |
(Adding categories) |
||
Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
In 1864, when the siege of Atlanta begins, Union troops burn most of Twelve Oaks, and John Wilkes is killed, and when returning to [[Tara]], Scarlett, Melanie, and his new grandson, [[Beau Wilkes]], pass by Twelve Oaks and find out he has died |
In 1864, when the siege of Atlanta begins, Union troops burn most of Twelve Oaks, and John Wilkes is killed, and when returning to [[Tara]], Scarlett, Melanie, and his new grandson, [[Beau Wilkes]], pass by Twelve Oaks and find out he has died |
||
[[Category:Characters]] |
[[Category:Characters]] |
||
+ | [[Category:Males]] |
Revision as of 00:22, 1 August 2019
John Wilkes | |
---|---|
Appears in | Gone With the Wind (book) Gone With the Wind (film) |
Gender | Male |
Homeland | Twelve Oaks |
Family | India Wilkes (daughter) Ashley Wilkes (son) Honey Wilkes (daughter) Melanie Hamilton (niece and daughter-in-law) Charles Hamilton (nephew) Beau Wilkes (grandson) Wade Hampton Hamilton (grandchild) |
Race | Caucasian |
Age | Elderly |
Affiliations | Confederate States of America |
John Wilkes is the owner of Twelve Oaks and the father of Ashley, India, and Honey Wilkes in Gone With the Wind.
Biography
Before Gone with the Wind
Before Gone With the Wind, at unspecified points, he married (possibly a Hamilton) and has three children: Ashley, India, and Honey, and at some point the wife possibly died.
The Barbecue and the Ball
In April 1861, John over at Twelve Oaks through a barbecue and a ball, to inform his son’s engagement to Melanie Hamilton, and in the film, he tells India to greet Scarlett O'Hara.
The War And Death
John doesn’t enlist in the army for the war, most likely due to age, and remains at Twelve Oaks. In 1864, when the siege of Atlanta begins, Union troops burn most of Twelve Oaks, and John Wilkes is killed, and when returning to Tara, Scarlett, Melanie, and his new grandson, Beau Wilkes, pass by Twelve Oaks and find out he has died