Son of Wiley Brinkley and Betty Cash of North Carolina. Husband of Matilda. Dude was twice widowed.
He died of chronic myocarditis associated with arteriosclerosis (general).
Informant was Oscar Brinkley of Leeper, MO
Buried at Carson Hill Cemetery.

1900 census ED 36 Jackson & Kelley Townships, Carter, Missouri, United States
Head Erasmus Brinkley M 28 (April 1872) North Carolina
Wife Matilda J Brinkley F 25 (Feb 1875) Missouri
Daughter Ethel A Brinkley F 7 (Jul 1893) Missouri
Son Thomas A Brinkley M 3 (Jan 1897) Missouri
Daughter Martha D Brinkley F 0 (Mar 1900) Missouri

Erasmus and Matilda were married about 1892. In 1900 Matilda had 4 children, 3 living.

1910 census Jackson, Carter, Missouri, United States
Head William E Brinkley M 38 Kentucky
Wife Matilda J Brinkley F 35 Missouri
Son Thomas Brinkley M 13 Missouri
Daughter Daisy Brinkley F 10 Missouri
Daughter Dora Brinkley F 8 Missouri
Daughter Jewel Brinkley F 5 Missouri
Daughter Ada Brinkley F 2 Missouri

1920 census Jackson, Carter, Missouri, United States
Head Erasmus Brinkley M 47 Kentucky
Wife Matilda Brinkley F 45 Missouri
Son Thomas Brinkley M 23 Missouri
Daughter Daisy Brinkley F 20 Missouri
Daughter Nora Brinkley F 17 Missouri
Daughter Jewel Brinkley F 17 Missouri
Daughter Ada Brinkley F 12 Missouri
Daughter Beulah Brinkley F 9 Missouri
Son Oscar Brinkley M 4 Missouri
Granddaughter Eula Brinkley F 1 Missouri

1930 census Jackson, Carter, Missouri, United States
Head William B Brinkley M 59 North Carolina
Son Thomas A Brinkley M 33 Missouri
Son Oscar H Brinkley M 14 Missouri
Granddaughter Eulah E Brinkley F 12 Missouri
Son-in-law Jack Condray M 25 Missouri
Daughter Eulah M Condray F 19 Missouri

1940 census Carter county
Head Dudge Brinkley M 74 Kentucky
Son Thomas Brinkley M 43 Missouri
Son Oscar Brinkley M 23 Missouri