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The Hamner family came to Virginia from northern Wales where they had been well established for over a thousand years. In the early 1900s, 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.
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Jul 23, 2023 · Born in the obscure village of Schuyler in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge, Earl Henry Hamner Jr. was the oldest of eight auburn-haired children born to Earl and Doris Hamner—his father, a laborer at the local soapstone quarry; his mother, a homemaker and the family’s chief teacher and disciplinarian.
Dec 5, 2019 · Earl Hamner Jr. was born on July 10, 1923, in Schuyler, Virginia, to Doris Marion (née Giannini) and Earl Henry Hamner Sr. His mother’s ancestors were immigrants from Lucca, Italy, who had come to USA in the 1700s, and his father’s family came to Virginia from Wales.
Mar 25, 2016 · In 1961, Mr. Hamner published "Spencer's Mountain," about a war veteran who promises to build his wife a mountaintop home. It was made into a 1963 movie, starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara.
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Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923- March 24, 2016) was born in Schuyler, Virginia to Doris Marion (née Giannini) and Earl Henry Hamner Sr. The Giannini family had migrated to the United States from Lucca, Italy, in the 1700s. On his father´s side, Hamner hailed from Welsh immigrants to Virginia.
Mar 25, 2016 · LOS ANGELES — Earl Hamner Jr., the versatile and prolific writer who drew upon his Depression-era upbringing in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to create one of television's most beloved...
Mar 24, 2016 · The eldest of eight red-haired children in a poor, Baptist family, Earl Henry Hamner Jr. was born July 10, 1923, in Schuyler, Va., a mining and milling village in the foothills of the Blue...
