Editing Gone with the Wind (novel) (section)

====Scarlett's immediate family====

* '''Ellen O'Hara née Robillard:''' is Scarlett's mother. Of French ancestry, Ellen married Gerald O'Hara, who was 28 years her senior, after her true love, Philippe Robillard, died in a bar fight. She is Scarlett's ideal of a "great lady".<ref name=autogenerated7 /> Ellen ran all aspects of the household and nursed enslaved people and poor whites.<ref name=autogenerated7>Part 1, chapter 3</ref> She dies from typhoid in August 1864 after nursing Emmie Slattery.<ref name=autogenerated9 />
* '''Gerald O'Hara:''' is Scarlett's Irish father.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> An excellent horseman,<ref name=autogenerated6>Part 1, chapter 2</ref> Gerald likes to jump fences on horseback while intoxicated, which eventually leads to his death.<ref name="autogenerated58">Part 4, chapter 39</ref> Gerald's mind becomes addled after the death of his wife, Ellen.<ref name=autogenerated8>Part 3, chapter 25</ref>
* '''Susan Elinor "Suellen" Benteen née O'Hara:''' is Scarlett's younger sister, born in 1846, whom Scarlett mostly despised due to her opinion of Suellen being "an annoying sister with her whining and selfishness". She became sickened by typhoid during the siege of Atlanta.<ref name=autogenerated11 /> After the war, Scarlett steals and marries Suellen's beau, Frank Kennedy.<ref name=autogenerated56 /> Later, Suellen marries Will Benteen, and they have a child, Susie.<ref name=autogenerated13>Part 4, chapter 41</ref>
* '''Caroline Irene "Carreen" O'Hara:''' is Scarlett's youngest sister, born in 1848. She was also ill with typhoid during the siege of Atlanta.<ref name=autogenerated11 /> She is infatuated with and later engaged to Brent Tarleton, who dies in the war.<ref name=autogenerated54>Part 3, chapter 30</ref> Broken-hearted by Brent's death, Carreen eventually joins a convent.<ref name=autogenerated58 />
* '''Gerald O'Hara Junior:''' are the three sons of Ellen and Gerald who died in infancy and are buried 100&nbsp;yards from the house. Each was named after the father; they were born and died in quick succession. The headstone of each boy is inscribed "Gerald O'Hara, Jr."<ref name=autogenerated7 /> 
* '''Charles Hamilton:''' is Melanie Wilkes' brother and Scarlett's first husband. Charles is a shy and loving man.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> Father to Wade Hampton, Charles dies of pneumonia caused by measles before reaching a battlefield or seeing his son.<ref name=autogenerated4 />
* '''Wade Hampton Hamilton:''' is the son of Scarlett and Charles, born in early 1862. He was named for his father's commanding officer, [[Wade Hampton III]].<ref name=autogenerated4 />
* '''Frank Kennedy:''' is Suellen O'Hara's former fiancé and Scarlett's second husband. Frank is an unattractive older man. He originally proposes to Suellen, but instead, Scarlett marries him for his money to pay the taxes on Tara.<ref name=autogenerated19>Part 4, chapter 36</ref> Frank is unable to comprehend Scarlett's fears and her desperate struggle for survival after the war. He is unwilling to be as ruthless in business as Scarlett is.<ref name=autogenerated19 /> Unknown to Scarlett, Frank is involved in the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. He is "shot through the head",<ref name=autogenerated51>Part 4, chapter 46</ref> according to Rhett Butler, while attempting to defend Scarlett's honor after she is attacked.
* '''Ella Lorena Kennedy:''' is the daughter of Scarlett and Frank.<ref name=autogenerated14>Part 4, chapter 42</ref>
* '''Eugenie Victoria "Bonnie Blue" Butler:''' is Scarlett and Rhett's pretty and spoiled daughter, as Irish in looks and temper as Gerald O'Hara, with the same blue eyes. She is doted on by her father and later dies in a fatal accident while riding her horse.<ref name=autogenerated18 />