| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation10935. Ruia Ellen Coffey was born on 2 July 1896 in Shulls Mill, Watauga Co., NC. Ruia Ellen died of mitral regurgitation on 17 June 1924 at the age of 27 in Foscoe, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Foscoe Community Cemetery in Watauga Co., NC on 18 June 1924.32006,32007 Ruia Ellen Coffey and Herbert Spencer "Hub" Wagner were married on 5 August 1915 in Shulls Mill, Watauga Co., NC.32008 Herbert Spencer "Hub" Wagner, son of William Judson Wagner and Myra Ann Aldridge, was born on 29 March 1896 in Shulls Mill, Watauga Co., NC.13531 He murdered two men on 30 December 1926 in Foscoe, Watauga Co., NC.32009 Herbert's murder trial was granted a change of venue on 11 August 1927 from Boone, Watauga Co. to Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC32010 Herbert went to trial on 15 August 1927 in Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC for murder of Earl Moody.32011 At a trial ending on 20 August 1927 he was sentenced to prison in Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC for murder of Earl Moody. Wagner shot and killed the unarmed Moody on Christmas Day, 1926, and for that he was sentenced of 15 to 20 years at hard labor in the state penitentiary.32012,32013 The presiding judge refused to allow Wagner's return to Watauga Co. "on the ground that sentiment in Watauga county is too strong against Wagner." According to news item, his was an error in reporting.32014 Herbert went to trial for a second murder on Christmas Day on 16 March 1928 in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC for killing Dexter Byrd and was found guilty of Second Degree Murder, and was sentenced to 25 to 30 years, sentence to run concurrently with previous sentence.32015 Herbert Spencer was sentenced to 25 to 30 years in prison on 16 March 1928 for murder of Dexter Byrd.32016 Additional newspaper archives did not return any further information on the sentence served or release date. He appeared in the census on 14 April 1930 at North Carolina State Prison in Raleigh, Wake Co., NC.32017 He registered for the WWII draft on 27 April 1942 in Bluefield, Mercer Co., WV.32018 Herbert died of heart failure on 15 March 1958 at the age of 61 at home in Banner Elk, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Foscoe Community Cemetery in Foscoe, Watauga Co., NC on 17 March 1958.32019,32020 Ruia Ellen Coffey and Herbert Spencer "Hub" Wagner had the following children:
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