Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Albert T. HILL

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Transcribed and submitted by Ed Johnson, <EDEAJ @aol.com>, 1998.
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ALBERT T. HILL - born in Brownstown, Kanawha County, (then) Virginia,
January 12, 1857, was a son of Andrew J. and Lucy J. (WALKER) HILL.  His
father was born in Kanawha County in May, 1833, and his mother was born in
the same county and the same year, on the 8th of November.  Some time after
his birth they made their home in Mason County, residing at Hartford City,
where his father held the office of justice of the peace a number of years.
While still a resident in Hartford City, but during a visit to Kanawha
County, Andrew J. HILL died, on the 5th of December, 1878.  His widow is
now a resident in Carroll County, Missouri.  November 19, 1876, Albert T.
HILL took up residence in Greenbrier County, and at the residence of the
bride's father, about three miles from Lewisburg, in this county, September
3, 1878, he was united in marriage with Bertie A. KNAPP.  They had two
daughters:  Nellie Maude, born October 7, 1879, lives with her grandfather;
Bertie Albert, born January 19, 1882, died on the 2nd of February following.
Bertie A., wife of Mr. HILL, was born in the same farm on which she lived
when married, June 17, 1856 the date of her birth, and George L. and Amanda
M. (WESTFALL) KNAPP her parents.  They still reside on the homestead where
she was born and married, and her father was born in this county.  Her
mother was born in Lewis County, (now) West Virginia.  Albert T. HILL is
proprietor of a mill in Williamsburg District, and is also traveling
salesman.  Post office address, Williamsburg, Greenbrier County, West
Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.