When Emmett Fillmore Brickey was born on 24 September 1883, in Webbville, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, his father, Samuel Parish Brickey, was 28 and his mother, Mary Emily Baker, was 22. He married Effie Laura Willis on 22 September 1906. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in El Cajon, San Diego, California, United States in 1930 and El Cajon Judicial Township, San Diego, California, United States in 1940. He died on 30 May 1969, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Alpine Cemetery, Alpine, San Diego, California, United States.