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• Reuben Wyette Brinkley , born in February 1917 was the only child ofBessie Lee Jackson Brinkley. Reuben's mother died in January 1918,when he was less than a year old. After her death his father movedinto the household of Reuben's grandparents in Baylor County, Texas.Here is the 1920 census report of the family.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Baylor County, Texas, 8 January, Justice Precinct3 (near Westover), District 13, page 1B, Hse/Fam #5
  Brinkley, Andrew W Head  Owns M W 57 Tennessee Tennessee TennesseeSection Foreman, Railroad
  Brinkley, Frances L  Wife F W 56 TX TX TN
  Brinkley, Reuben Cole Son M W 23 Widowed TX TN TX Barber
  Brinkley, Mollie M  Dau F W 19 TX TN TX
  Brinkley, Martha  Mother F W 75 Widow TN US US
  Brinkley, Reuben W Grandson M W 2yrs10mos TX TX TX
  
  In 1930, we find that Reuben Wyette's father has remarried and theyhave moved to Houston, where his father is a Baptist minister.  He isenumerated with his stepmother and two younger sisters.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Harris County, Texas, 5 April, Houston, District23, page 5A, 1302 Tabor Street, Hse #101, Fam #102
  Brinkley, R C Head Rents $27.50mo M W 23 First Married at age 20 TX TXTX Baptist Minister
  Brinkley, Vera P Wife  F W 28 First Married at age 24 TX AR TX
  Brinkley, Reuben W Son M W 13 TX TX TX
  
  Family sources reported that Reuben died in Coleman, Coleman County,Texas.  But the Texas Death Index reports that he died in TaylorCounty.  It would appear Coleman was his residence at the time ofdeath.  He must have been in the hospital in Abilene (Taylor County),north of Coleman, when he died.
  
  One Brinkley family genealogy reports that he was buried was in theWestover Cemetery in Baylor County, Texas.
  
  Reuben Wyette Brinkley
  Born 22 Feb 1917 in Parker, Texas; Died 1 Feb 1982 in Coleman,Coleman, Texas
  Parents
  Reuben Cole Brinkley (1896-1957)  Vera Pearl Russell (1902-)[Stepmother]
  Spouse Joyce Faith Bogard (1917-)
  Children David Reuben Brinkley (1930-), Gary Brinkley (1941-2000)
  Timeline
  1917 22 Feb Birth Parker County, Texas
  Age: 3 Residence Justice Precinct 3, Baylor, Texas 1920 United StatesFederal Census
  Age: 13 Residence  Houston, Harris, Texas 1930 United States FederalCensus 1982 1 Feb Age: 65
  Death Coleman, Coleman, Texas; burial Westover Cemetery, Baylor, Texas
  --  Williams/Brinkley/Mason/Vaughn Family Tree,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/49994/person/-560147787?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  The Westover entry follows:
  BRINKLEY, REUBEN W.  GRANDSON/FRANCES BRINKLEY  birth 2/22/1917  death2/4/1982  buried WEST SECTION
  --http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txbaylor/westover.htm?cj=1&o_xid=0001201625&o_lid=0001201625
  
  The Social Security Death Index reports Reuben's address at the timeof death as Coleman, Texas.  The Texas Death Index reports he actuallydied in Taylor County.  Perhaps he died in an Abilene hospital.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Reuben Brinkley, Born 22 Feb 1917, Died Feb 1982; Last ResidenceColeman, Coleman, Texas 76834; SSN 454-12-0375 issued Texas (Before1951)
  
  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Reuben Brinkley, Death Date: 1 Feb 1982, Death County: Taylor
  
  I find that the Westover Cemetery List reports his death date as 4February 1982, while the Death Index says 1 February.  I wonder if theWestover date is date of burial?  I assume that the date in thecemetery list is the data of death as reported on the gravestone.  Ina few cases I have found these are wrong.  I found that a familysource reports death date as 4 February, following the Westover entry,apparently.  I am reporting death according to the date in theWestover list.

Sources

• 1. Marion L Mixon, Bearden-Langston Genealogy
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Harris County, Texas
  • 5 April, Houston, District 23, page 5A, 1302 Tabor Street, Hse #101,
• 3. 1920 Federal Census, Baylor County, Texas
  • 8 January, Justice Precinct 3 (near Westover), District 13, page 1B,
• 4. Westover Cemetery (Westover, Baylor, Texas) List
  • Name: Name:http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txbaylor/westover.htm?cj=1&o_xid=0001201625&o_lid=0001201625;;
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Williams/Brinkley/Mason/Vaughn,
• 6. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
  • 1917, Certificate Number 4758
• 7. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
• 8. Social Security Death Index