The Elick Permonia Reich and Louise Jane Maritt Family

Elick P & Louisa Jane Maritt Reich

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1.  Elick Permonia Reich was born on 20 February 1875 in Missouri. Elick died in Louisiana on 30 October 1963 and was buried at  Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA in November 1963 .¹

Elick Permonia Reich and Louise Jane Maritt were married circa 1901.² They appeared in the census on 9 February 1920 at Perry Twp. in McClain Co., OK.³ They appeared in the census on 12 April 1930 in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK.⁴ Elick and Louise appeared in the census on 15 April 1940 at Noble Twp. in Cleveland Co., OK.⁵ Louise Jane Maritt, daughter of Zachariah Maritt and Athela M. Coffey, was born on 24 August 1884 in Missouri. Louise died in Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA on 11 April 1957 and was buried at  Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA in April 1957 .⁶

Elick Permonia Reich and Louise Jane Maritt had the following children:

+2 i. Albert Reich, born 22 December 1900, Missouri; married Edith Leona Green; died 23 January 1976, Missouri.

3 ii. Willie Reich was born circa 1902 in Missouri.

4 iii. Montie Cleve Reich was born on 15 November 1903 in Missouri. Montie died in Rapides Parish, LA on 14 June 1956 and was buried at  Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA in June 1956 .⁷

5 iv. Cleo Reich was born circa 1906 in Missouri.

6 v. Mollie Reich was born circa 1908 in Missouri.

+7 vi. Jewel Ann Reich, born 10 March 1911, Missouri; married James Howard Wagner; died 15 December 1999, Norman, Cleveland Co., OK.

+8 vii. Tommy Ancil Reich, born 7 February 1913, Lundy, Texas Co., MO; married Queen Victoria Lemons, 15 May 1933, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK; died 23 January 1984, DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, LA.

9 viii. Annie Reich was born circa 1914 in Oklahoma.

+10 ix. Amy Reich, born 31 October 1915, New Castle, McClain Co., OK; married Jonie (Johnnie?) Carpenter, 2 September 1932, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK; died 18 May 2014, Roseburg, Douglas Co., OR.

11 x. Elvin Reich was born circa 1917 in Oklahoma.

12 xi. Orval Reich was born on 1 December 1917 in Oklahoma. He was counted in the school census of in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK on 3 February 1930.⁸

+13 xii. Virgil Lee Reich, born 21 August 1920, Oklahoma; married Pauline Marie Hair, 6 September 1941, McClain Co., OK; died 3 January 2003, Norman, Cleveland Co., OK.

14 xiii. Josephine Delphie Reich was born on 20 December 1922 in Oklahoma. Josephine died in Oklahoma on 21 January 1924 and was buried at  IOOF Cemetery in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK in January 1924 .⁹

Second Generation

2.  Albert Reich (Elick Permonia-1) was born on 22 December 1900 in Missouri. Albert died in Missouri on 23 January 1976 and was buried at  Parrack Grove Cemetery in Macks Creek, Camden Co., MO in January 1976 .¹⁰

Albert Reich and Edith Leona Green were married. Edith Leona Green was born on 12 December 1906 in Missouri. She lived with her parents at Russell Twp. in Camden Co., MO on 16 April 1910. Edith died on 7 December 1942 and was buried at  Parrack Grove Cemetery in Macks Creek, Camden Co., MO in December 1942 .¹¹

7.  Jewel Ann Reich (Elick Permonia-1) was born on 10 March 1911 in Missouri. Jewel died in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK on 15 December 1999 and was buried at  IOOF Cemetery in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK in December 1999 .¹²

Jewel Ann Reich and James Howard Wagner were married. James Howard Wagner was born on 10 March 1913. James died in Oklahoma on 14 March 1986 and was buried at  Norman, Cleveland Co., OK in March 1986.^13–14

8.  Tommy Ancil Reich (Elick Permonia-1) was born on 7 February 1913 in Lundy, Texas Co., MO. He was counted in the school census of in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK on 3 February 1930.⁸ Tommy died in DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, LA on 23 January 1984 and was buried at¹⁵  Rosepine Cemetery in Rosepine, Vernon Parish, LA in January 1984 .

Tommy Ancil Reich and Queen Victoria Lemons were married on 15 May 1933 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK.¹⁶ They appeared in the census on 16 April 1940 in Tioga, Rapides Parish, LA.¹⁷ Queen Victoria Lemons was born on 7 October 1913 in Mena, Polk Co., AR. Queen died in DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, LA on 6 June 2002 and was buried at  Rosepine Cemetery in Rosepine, Vernon Parish, LA in June 2002 .¹⁸

Tommy Ancil Reich and Queen Victoria Lemons had the following children:

+15 i. William Burl Reich, born 18 March 1934, Oklahoma; married Jeanette Marie LeDoux; died 13 May 2010, DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, LA.

16 ii. Joan Reich was born in 1935 in Texas. Joan died in Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, LA on 7 September 1957 and was buried at  Mimosa-Pines South Cemetery in Carlyss, Calcasieu Parish, LA in September 1957 .¹⁹

10.  Amy Reich (Elick Permonia-1) was born on 31 October 1915 in New Castle, McClain Co., OK. She was counted in the school census of in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK on 3 February 1930.⁸ Amy died in Roseburg, Douglas Co., OR on 18 May 2014 and was buried at  Roseburg Memorial Gardens in Roseburg, Douglas Co., OR in May 2014 .²⁰

J D Larimore supplied this obit published in the Roseburg, OR "The News-Review" on May 23, 2014:

Amy, age 98, of Roseburg, Oregon, passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2014. She was born in Newcastle, McClain County, Oklahoma, on October 31, 1915, to Elick P. and Louisa J. (Marritt) Reich.

Amy is preceded in death by her husband of 13 years, Otto Roggasch; and her daughter, Janette Birch of Crescent, Oregon; seven brothers and three sisters.
She is survived by three children, Donald Carpenter of Santa Maria, California, Jerry Carpenter of Arroyo Grande, California, and Patricia Bryan of Prineville, Oregon; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren.

Amy excelled as a seamstress, upholsterer, and beautician and loved to paint landscapes and collect coins. She loved her family members, loved to be hugged, and will be greatly missed by all.

Graveside services will be held on Friday, June 6, 2014, at 1 p.m. at the Roseburg Memorial Gardens, Roseburg, Oregon, with a Celebration of Life for Amy for family and friends to follow at Helleck Hall (Pitchford Community Center), 460 River Forks Road, Roseburg, Oregon.

Amy Reich and Jonie (Johnnie?) Carpenter were married on 2 September 1932 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK.²¹ Jonie (Johnnie?) Carpenter was born circa 1910 in Oklahoma.

13.  Virgil Lee Reich (Elick Permonia-1) was born on 21 August 1920 in Oklahoma. He was counted in the school census of in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK on 3 February 1930.⁸ Virgil died in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK on 3 January 2003 and was buried at  IOOF Cemetery in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK in January 2003 .²²

Virgil Lee Reich and Pauline Marie Hair were married on 6 September 1941 in McClain Co., OK.²³ Pauline Marie Hair, daughter of Robert Lee Hair (Hare?) and Mary , was born on 24 November 1923 in Oklahoma. Pauline died in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK on 23 November 2015 and was buried at  IOOF Cemetery in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK in November 2015 .^24–25

Death Notice, The Norman Transcript, Norman, OK, Mon., Nov. 30, 2015

Pauline M. Reich. 92, of Norman, died Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, at the Norman Regional Hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at McMahans Funeral chapel in Noble, followed by interment at the Norman IOOF Cemetery. 

Sources:

       1. Find A Grave, data and digital images (www.findagrave.com : viewed 2 July 2018), memorial page for Elick Permonia Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 91514165,  citing Greenwood Memorial Park (Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA), , Remarks: Family photos by Jeanette Perrin Coaly.

       2. Find A Grave, Elick Permonia Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 91514165.

       3. United States Federal Census. Original data: United States Federal Census for year cited. 1920 OK, McClain Co., Perry Twp., ED 82, Sheet 10B, Farm 110, family 112, Reich, Aleck, head, rents, male, white, age 47, married, born MO, father born MO, mother born TN, laborer; Louise, wife, female, white, age 48, married, born MO, parents born TN; Albert, son, age 19, single, born MO; Willie, son, male, white, age 18, single, born MO; Cleve, son, male, white, age 16, single, born MO; Cleo, son, male, white, age 14, single, born MO; Mollie, dau., female, white, age 12, born MO; Jewel, dau., female, white, age 10, born MO; Ansel, son, male, white, age 8, born MO; Annie, dau., female, white, age 6, born OK; Elvin, son, male, white, age 3 yrs., 8 mos., born OK.

        4. United States Federal Census. 1930 OK, Cleveland Co., Norman city, ED 14-17, Sheet 11B, 322 West Daws, dwelling 250, family 167, Reich, Alex [sic], head, owns, $1`200, male, white, age 54, married at age 25, born MO, parents born TN, laborer, auto salvage shop; Louisa, wife, female, white, age 45, married at age 16, born MO, parents born MO; Ancil, son, male, white, age 17, single, born MO; Amy, dau., female, white, age 15, born OK; Orval, son, male, white, age 12, born OK; Virgil, son, age 9, born OK.

        5. United States Federal Census. 1940 OK, Cleveland Co., Noble Twp., ED 14-14, Sheet 6B, dwelling 101, rents, $2.00, Reivh, E. P., head, male, white, age 65, married, 8th grade, born MO., same place, farmer; Louise J., wife, female, white, age 55, married, 5th grade, born MO, same place; Virgil J., son, male, white, age 19, single, 6th grade, born OK, same place, farm laborer.

        6. Find A Grave, Louisa Jane Maritt Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 91514329.

        7. Find A Grave, Montie Cleve Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 91514258.

        8. "Oklahoma School Records", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMM-62TD?cc=1926701&wc=QXMS-H9G%3A1590389990%2C1590389989 : 3 February 2017), Cleveland > School census index, H-Z, 1930 > image 640 of 1121; Various County Clerk offices, Oklahoma school district offices, Oklahoma.

        9. Find A Grave, Josephine Delphie Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 35022100.

        10. Find A Grave, Albert Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 45736111.

        11. Find A Grave, Edith Leona Green Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 45736104.

        12. Find A Grave, Jewel Ann Reich Wagner, Find A Grave Memorial # 34927880.

        13. Find A Grave, James Howard Wagner, Find A Grave Memorial # 34927879.

        14. Military marker for James Howard Wagner, US Army World War II, IOOF Cemetery, Norman, Cleveland Co., OK. Photo by Kay Marshall.

        15. Find A Grave, Tommy Ancil Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 7095217.

        16. "Oklahoma County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP6-B9KT : 4 November 2017), Ancil Reich and Queen Lemons, 1933. Name: Ancil Reich Titles and Terms: Mr Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 15 May 1933 Event Place: , Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States Gender: Male Age: 21 Birth Year (Estimated): 1912 Spouse's Name: Queen Lemons Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1914 Page: 613.

        17. United States Federal Census. 1940 LA, Rapides Parish, Tiogam Ward 10, ED 40-53, Sheet 13A, dwelling 250, family 200, owns, Reivh, Ancil, head, male, white, age 27, married, 8th grade, born MO, Eunice, LA, 1935, truck driver, road construction; Elizabeth, wife, female, white, age 26, married, 8th grade, born AR, 1935 Eunice, La; Wm Burl, son, male, white, age 6, born OK; Joan, dau., female, white, age 5, born TX.

        18. Find A Grave, Queen Victoria Lemons Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 7095216.

        19. Find A Grave, Joan Reich Massie, Find A Grave Memorial # 28605997.

        20. Find A Grave, Amy Marie Reich Rottasch, Find A Grave Memorial # 113596575.

        21. "Oklahoma County Marriages, 1890-1995", atabase with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP6-YKVN : 4 November 2017), Jonie Carpenter and Amy Reich, 1932. Name: Jonie Carpenter Titles and Terms: Mr Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 02 Sep 1932 Event Place: , Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States Gender: Male Age: 23 Birth Year (Estimated): 1909 Spouse's Name: Amy Reich Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1914 Page: 593.

        22. Find A Grave, Virgil Lee Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 41122545.

        23. "Oklahoma County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP6-7J8Q : 3 November 2017), Virgil Lee Reich and Pauline Marie Hair, 1941. Name: Virgil Lee Reich Titles and Terms: Mr Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 06 Sep 1941 Event Place: , McClain, Oklahoma, United States Gender: Male Age: 21 Birth Year (Estimated): 1920 Spouse's Name: Pauline Marie Hair Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1923 Page: 416.

        24. "The Norman Transcript, Norman, OK", obit for Pauline M. Reich, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/159778D08C90B878-159778D08C90B878 : accessed 2 July 2018).

        25. Find A Grave, Pauline Marie Hair Reich, Find A Grave Memorial # 191064714.

"Oklahoma County Marriages, 1890-1995".

"Oklahoma School Records".

"The Norman Transcript, Norman, OK".

Find A Grave. Data and digital images. www.findagrave.com : 2018.

IOOF Cemetery (Norman, Cleveland Co., OK). Grave marker data.

Herbert Wagner

The following is a report taken from the front page of The Watauga Democrat, dated Dec. 30, 1926. It is a description of the events surrounding the murder of Earl Moody and Deck Byrd by Herbert Wagner, husband of Minnie Lee Ella Coffey. Filmore Coffey was the son of Austin and Mary Blalock Coffey:

Earl Moody and Deck Byrd Slain by Herbert Wagner

Christmas Day Tragedy at Foscoe in Which Two Young Men Meet Tragic Deaths Shocks Whole County; Slayer Held in Greensboro Jail; County's First Double Homicide

For the first time in the history of the county of Watauga, a double murder occurred on Christmas Day, when Earl Moody, 22, and Deck Byrd, 40, met their death at the hands of Hubert [sic] Wagner at Foscoe, in the vicinity of Shulls' Mills. The young men were all natives of that section.

According to the best available information, Herbert Wagner (familiarly known as "Hub") had just returned from West Virginia where he had been employed for some time, in order, that he could be with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Judson Wagner, during the holiday season. He arrived at the home on Friday night and on Saturday morning in company with some of the good citizens of the community enjoyed target practice nearby for a short time and the friendly Christmas spirit was manifest. According to witnesses, Wager had taken a few drinks of whiskey but apparently was not intoxicated. However, his friends noted that before they had finished their sport he drifted away, going on the railway to a point a short distance away where Mr. Filmore Coffey conducts a mercantile business. There he met Earl Moody. A few words were passed between the two, after which Wagner is alleged to have said, "I'll shoot you, d__ you." And he did, firing five shots all with deadly effect. Then the assailant walked to the side of the little store building, dropped the empty shells from the still smoking revolver, reloaded and proceeded a short distance up the railroad tracks, where he met Deck Byrd, who was starting for a rabbit hunt. Byrd inquired of Wagner what had happened at the store. Wagner is said to have told him he would kill him, too, and shot him down. After he fell two more bullets were sent crashing through his brain.

The killer then proceeded to the home of his father. Mr. Harrison Byrd, father of the last boy slain, demanded that he be held until it was possible to move him to the jail at Boone. A party of citizens of that section, led by Mr. Filmore Coffey, surrounded the Wagner home and finally succeeded in capturing Wagner, who was held in the depot at Foscoe. Deputy Sheriffs A. L. Gross and P. C. Wyke hurried to the scene and brought Wagner to Boone and lodged him in jail, where he was guarded during the night. Sunday afternoon he was taken to the Guilford county jail at Greensboro for safe keeping, where he will be held, awaiting the next term of Watauga superior court which convenes the last Monday in March.

The slain men were interred at Foscoe Sunday afternoon, many friends and relatives being present. They were known as good citizens, thoroughly honorable and their death brings sadness to many friends throughout the county. Moody is survived by a wife and one child, while Byrd leaves a wife and three children.

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Update. May 15. 2020

Herbert Spencer "Hub" Wagner was born 29 Mar 1896 at Shulls Mill to William Judson and Myra Ann Aldridge Wagner. Not much is known of his early life but he married for the first time on 5 Aug. 1915 (1) to Ruia Ellen Coffey, a daughter of Charles C. "Charlie" and Sophronia Phipps Coffey. Ruia died on 17 Jun. 1924 at Foscoe, Watauga Co. and was buried at the Foscoe community cemetery. (2) Together, they had a daughter, Mary Helen, born 9 Nov. 1918 in Watauga Co. Nothing more is know of her.

He married for a second time to Minnie Lee Ella Coffey, a daughter of William Pinkney and Nancy Caroline Gragg Coffey.  A marriage record hasn't been found but they are thought to have married c1926. 

Together, they had a son, Herbert "Buck", Jr., born 28 May 1927 (3) in Watauga Co., and died 30 Jan 1979.  The son married Ruby Carver, date and place not yet found, She died in 1994 and both are buried at Monte Vista Memorial Park in Johnson City, Washington Co., TN. 

The double murders occurred at Shulls Mill, Watauga Co., NC on Dec. 30, 1926 but Herbert's trial did not begin until 15 Aug 1927.(4) The venue was changed from Watauga Co. to Wilkesboro in Wilkes Co. before the trial got underway.

I have not been successful in finding newspaper reports on that trial but he was convicted for the murder of Moody some five days later. The second trial began in Wilkesboro in March, 1928 and Wagner was again found guilty of 2d degree murder of Dexter Byrd and was sentenced to 25 to 30 years with sentences for both killings to run concurrently. (5)  He was found in the North Carolina State Prison at Raleigh, Wake Co., in the 1930 census.

By 1940 he was free and working as a "drilling contractor" in Princeton, Mercer Co., WV. (6) With him was his third "wife," Ruby Leona Taylor to whom he claimed to be married.  He didn't actually marry Ruby until 15 Feb. 1950 in Tazewell, VA. (7)

He registered for the WW2 draft on 27 Apr 1942 in Bluefield, Mercer Co., VA. (8) Eight years later on 15 Mar 1958, Wagner died on heart failure at home in Banner Elk, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Foscoe Community cemetery in Watauga Co.

I have copies of several newspaper reports that I will share on request.

Sources:

(1) index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8QL-MMG : accessed 01 Feb 2013), Hub Wagner and Ruia Coffey, 05 Aug 1915; citing reference 7, FHL microfilm 812534.

(2) Find a Grave Memorial No. 37540991

(3) database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH1B-CCK : 8 December 2014), Herbert Spencer Wagner Jr., 28 May 1927; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 13, p. 15, Watauga, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

(4) Newspaper - The Greensboro Record, Greensboro, NC, Sat., Aug. 13, 1927, Page 1

(5) Newspaper - The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Sat. Mar 17, 1928, Page 1

(6) United States Federal Census. Princeton, Mercer Co., WV, for year 1940

(7) Virginia Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988; database with images, Herbert Spencer Wagner and Ruby Leona Taylor, 15 Feb 1950; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Tazewell, Virginia, United States, certificate 4360, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

(8) WW2 Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Herbert Spencer Wagner registered for the draft on Apr. 27, 1942 in Bluefield, Mercer Co., WV. He was 46 yrs. old, born Mar. 29, 1896 in Shulls Mills, NC. He was 5' 10" tall and weighed 142 lbs. He had brown eyes, gray hair and a light brown complexion. He was missing the third finger on left hand. He was a self-employed well driller who lived at 312 Front St. in Princeton, Mercer Co., WV with his wife Ruby.