Minor Characters
Aunt Polly
Tom's strict but warm-hearted caretaker. A spinster, Aunt Polly dotes on Tom like a mother, sparing him her harshest punishments more often than not. Tom repeatedly outwits her, yet she has the compassion to forgive him repeatedly, desiring that he love her like a mother.
Sid
Tom's younger brother, Sid is mean-spirited and ungenerous towards Tom but is generally successful at brown-nosing his elders.
Cousin Mary
Older than Tom and Sid, she also lives at Aunt Polly's house, and is perfectly behaved and kind throughout.
Ben Rogers
Tom's friend, and the first one he convinces to paint Aunt Polly's fence.
Amy Lawrence
Tom's girlfriend before Becky.
Dr. Robinson
A grave robber along with Injun Joe and Muff Potter. Because the doctor snubbed him while begging years ago, Injun Joe suddenly murders him.
Muff Potter
The simple, drunk friend of Injun Joe who accompanies him to the graveyard only to be framed as Dr. Robinson's murderer. His sweet nature and gratitude to Tom and Huck for delivering presents to his jail cell eventually breaks down Tom's resolve to keep mum about Injun Joe's guilt.
The Stranger
Injun Joe's companion in the haunted house when they find the treasure. His body turns up drowned in the river after the Welshman chases them off the widow Douglas's property.
The widow Douglas
A wealthy, generous older woman who eventually takes Huck in after he saves her life by revealing Injun Joe's plan to get revenge on her for her deceased husband's having whipped him for vagrancy. As his guardian at the novel's end, she tries to civilize Huck.
Mrs. Sereny Harper
Joe Harper's mother, who mourns with Aunt Polly, Mary, and Sid when Tom, Joe, and Huck are thought to have drowned.
The sign-painters boy
His family boards Mr. Dobbins. For the schoolchildren's Examination day revenge, he paints the teacher's head gold in his sleep.
Mr. Sprague
The local reverend.
Lawyer Thatcher
The brother of Judge Thatcher.
Sheriff
The town sheriff.
Mrs. Thatcher
The wife of Judge Thatcher and the mother of Becky Thatcher.
Mrs. Harper
Joe Harper's mother.
Uncle Jake
A slave belonging to Ben Roger's family.
Susy Harper
Joe Harper's sister.
The minister
The church minister who gives the eulogy for Tom, Huck, and Joe when the town believes the boys are dead. The minister's speech paints the boys in such a positive light that all the townspeople feel they misjudged the boys when they were alive.
The sign-painter's boy
The son of the town sign-painter. Mr. Dobbins rents a room from his family. He helps Tom and the other boys pull a prank by painting Mr. Dobbins' bald head gold while Dobbins is asleep.