Grandfather Brill Lived to be 95. He lived alone at the farm at Hook's Mills for the last 15 years of his life after Grandmother Brill's death; some of this time a male boarder watched after him.
After his death, his son Walton farmed the land for years. Eventually, the farm was sold to a couple who did a lot of renovation to the house and property. They raise goats and make related products. They now call the place "Riversdell". It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Captain David Pugh House.
Smith Reid Brill was the sixth child of Jonathan and Elizabeth Reid Brill. He was born February 23, 1862 at Lehew (WV). He died June 27, 1957 at Winchester (VA) Memorial Hospital. He married Bessie Ouada Creswell on November 14, 1894. They were married by C. H. Wood. Bessie, a native of Yellow Spring (WV), was the daughter of James and Margaret Kline Creswell. She was born October 6, 1867 at Hooks Mill (WV) near Capon Bridge (WV). She died December 16, 1942. They are buried at Timber Ridge Christian Church (WV), where Bessie was a lifelong member. The Rev. R. A. Whitten presided at both funerals.
Smith Brill was one of the first school teachers at Mt. Pleasant and Red Bud School. Mt. Pleasant was later called Riverview. It was located on River Road near Capon Bridge. . He attended school in the old log Shiloh church-school building when he was 5 years old. They did not teach with books but used pamphlets. This was just before the McGuffey’s Reader came into use. Smith and Bessie lived at the Captain David Pugh place on Capon River near Hooks Mill. Smith was the Hooks Mill Postmaster for many years. He was a Methodist and a Democrat.
Smith and Bessie Brill have three Children:
Walton Earl Brill was born December 19, 1895 at Briggs, in Clarke County, Virginia. He married Letha Marie Spaid on September 10, 1931. He was drafted in World War I and landed in France shortly before the armistice.
Bama Estel Brill was born January 3, 1898. She married John Larrick.(1956 or 1957)
GRANDFATHER'S SIBLINGS AND FAMILY HOME
THE FAMILY BURIALS AT TIMBER RIDGE CHURCH CEMETARY
For others that have gone before MEMORIES
SMITH REID BRILL DEATH NOTICE
(this is a combination of two notices)
