Samuel Brough owned and operated a brick yard. It was located about a mile and a half north of Randolph, on the south east corner of the Billie Gray farm. At this yard they made about 4,000 brick a day in a pug mill turned by one horse while a man shoveled the mud into the mill. "Grandfather skillfully rolled the brick by hand, and put them into the molds. Each mold held three bricks, and there were two boys to off bear the brick and place them in the sun to dry. When they were properly dried t hey were put in a brick kiln to be burned. The burning was a very important part, as too much fire would melt the brick, yet it required a hot fire to make the light colored brick which some people desired. The brick for the George Spencer home, now owned by Ruth Clark, was a special order of light colored brick. The regular brick sold for $9 a thousand. Most all of the brick homes were built by Samuel Brought, and many are in use today. William T. Rex was taught by his grandfather to mold the brick. Some of the boys who worked at the brick yard were: Alfred Rex, William Longhurst, Samuel Rex, Lewis Longhurst, Henry Grant, Delbert Fackrell, Arthur Rex, Oze Rex, and Levi O. Pead.
Lewis Longhurst
From Rich Memories published in 1962
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