# Billy Clanton — Tombstone character guide

> Billy Clanton in Tombstone by Walter Noble Burns.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Billy, Clanton

**First appearance:** 0002-tombstone

## Who they are

Younger brother of Ike, killed in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

## Relationships

### [Wyatt Earp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/characters/wyatt_earp)

_rivalry_

Young hot-headed cowboy killed by the Earps at the O.K. Corral, representing the feud's violence.

### [Warren Earp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/characters/warren_earp)

_rivalry_

Direct enemies in the range war, with Billy representing the cowboy faction opposing the Earps.

### [Wyatt Earp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/characters/wyatt_earp)

_rivalry_

Young hot-headed cowboy killed by the Earps at the O.K. Corral, representing the feud's violence.

### [Warren Earp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/characters/warren_earp)

_rivalry_

Direct enemies in the range war, with Billy representing the cowboy faction opposing the Earps.

### [Warren Earp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/characters/warren_earp)

_rivalry_

Direct enemies in the range war, with Billy representing the cowboy faction opposing the Earps.

### [Wyatt Earp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/characters/wyatt_earp)

_rivalry_

Young hot-headed cowboy killed by the Earps at the O.K. Corral, representing the feud's violence.

## In the story

### [The Affair of Skeleton Canyon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/vi-the-affair-of-skeleton-canyon)

Listed among the participants in the massacre.

### [VIII: The Old Man with a Beard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/viii-the-old-man-with-a-beard)

Son of Old Man Clanton, an active member of Curly Bill's banditti, suspected of stage robberies.

### [XIII: The Showdown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/xiii-the-showdown)

Arrives in town heavily armed and is killed in the gunfight.

## Links

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