![]() ![]() Moneywas short, andbookswere aluxurythey couldnot afford. ![]() worked there when their first child, Earl Jr. In the beginning, Schuyler was a company town centered around the New Alberene Stone Company which mined and milled soapstone. Today it is home to "The Gathering," a group of disciples of the psychic Edgar Cayce. In the early 1900's The Hamner family moved from its James River tobacco farm to the town of Schuyler-named for its first postmaster- on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge. The Hamner family came to Virginia from NorthernWales where they had been well established for over a thousand years. Ironically, the first Earl Henry was named for his mother, Susan Henry Spencer Hamner-whose father wanted a boy. Earl proved his worth, and reconciliation took place. Eventually, however, Ora Lee saw that the marriage was a good one. When he and Doris married, Ora Lee Giannini swore she'd never speak to her daughter again. But Earl was a persistent suitor, and he was in love. ![]() When a descendant, Doris Marion Giannini, at the tender age of 16 was courted by Earl Henry Hamner, Sr., four years her senior, and known to be a wild young man, her devoutly Baptist mother, Ora Lee, forbade her to see him. His mother's people, the Giannini's, came to America from the village of Lucca, Italy, to help Thomas Jefferson set up vineyards at Monticello. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:įEATURED AUTHOR-EARL HAMNER A Journey That Continues to Ennoble George Brosi Earl Hamner's roots run deep in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. ![]()
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