Cuby was the 5th son of Lucien and Nancy Ann Egerton. He and the other 2 youngest children came to Nara Visa with them. Cuby's father left North Carolina and went to Tennessee where he met Nancy Ann Shaw. They moved to Texas and eventually to New Mexico where they homesteaded about 5 miles west of Nara Visa.
Cuby worked on ranches in the area until he bought a ranch of his own on the Mineosa Creek about 10 miles from Nara Visa. There he stayed until his death.
Cuby married Zita Rock on May 14, 1934 at St. Anne's Church in Tucumcari. They had one son.∼Spouse: Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton (Jan. 22, 1903 – Sep. 10, 1994)
Parents: Lucian Kearney Egerton and Nancy Ann Shaw
Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton was the youngest son of Lucian Kearney Egerton and Nancy Ann Shaw Egerton. When he was just two years of age, his family moved from Denton, Texas (TX) to Clarendon, TX, where his father owned and managed the Lone Star Plant Nursery. In 1907, the Egerton family moved to a homestead five miles west of Nara Visa, New Mexico (NM). Cuby as he was called from childhood finished his first two years of school in Clarendon, TX.
Cuby received his elementary education at Obar Public School, Obar, NM. Although Cuby did not complete high school, he became well educated through self education.
Due to his desire to become self reliant, Cuby at an early age begin working on cattle ranches. In 1923, he acquired a ranch ten miles northwest of Nara Visa, NM. As a ranching pioneer, he faced many challenges, including affects of the Dust Bowl, which was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American prairie lands from 1930 to 1936. The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops or other techniques to prevent erosion.
To some degree, his ranching business was affected by The Great Depression, which was a severe worldwide economic depression. It started circa 1929 and lasted until the early 1940s. It was the longest, most widespread and deepest depression of the 20th century. The depression originated in the U.S., starting with the fall in stock prices that began circa September 4, 1929.
Nonetheless, Cuby forged ahead and for the next thirty years, he diligently worked to expand and improve his ranch and cattle business. He raised Herford cattle until 1957, when he changed to the Black Angus line.
On May 14, 1934, Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton married Zita Marie Rock and they resided on a ranch near Nara Visa.
Cuby became ill with symptoms of intestinal flu on October 5, 1963. He entered the Coon Memorial Hospital, Dalhart, Texas two days later. On October 8, he was transferred to the Northwest Texas Hospital, Dalhart TX, where he underwent surgery for intestinal obstruction. After the surgery, his heart began to fail and he passed away two days later. An autopsy revealed he died from a bacterial infection, which had entered his blood stream.
Cuby was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the NM Cattle Growers Association and the Angus Breeders Association. Cuby was known for his wonderful personality and sunny disposition.
About Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton: Zita Marie Rock was the third child born into the Ferdinand Alexander Rock and Mary Anna (Philipps) Rock family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI). Ferdinand and Mary had six children. In October 1908, the Ferdinand Alexander Rock family rented an immigration car and shipped all of their belongings to Nara Visa, New Mexico (NM), where Ferdinand filed homestead on 160 Acres about eight miles northwest of the emerging town.
Zita attended Latimer School from 1910 through 1916. She then attended the Nara Visa Public School from 1918 until 1922. Zita attended New Mexico Normal University at Las Vegas, New Mexico, earning a teacher's certificate. In the fall of 1922, she began teaching at Barney, New Mexico. Later she taught school at Centerville, Bueyeros and Obar, NM. Then she taught third grade at Nara Visa Public School for eleven years.
Children of Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton and Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton: John Halbert Egerton
Siblings of Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton: Eugene Halbert Egerton (1894 – 1982), Nancy Harriot Egerton (1904 – 1982)
Reference: "The Genealogy and History of the Peter Philipps Family," by Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton, 1967
Revised: January 25, 2011
Cuby worked on ranches in the area until he bought a ranch of his own on the Mineosa Creek about 10 miles from Nara Visa. There he stayed until his death.
Cuby married Zita Rock on May 14, 1934 at St. Anne's Church in Tucumcari. They had one son.∼Spouse: Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton (Jan. 22, 1903 – Sep. 10, 1994)
Parents: Lucian Kearney Egerton and Nancy Ann Shaw
Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton was the youngest son of Lucian Kearney Egerton and Nancy Ann Shaw Egerton. When he was just two years of age, his family moved from Denton, Texas (TX) to Clarendon, TX, where his father owned and managed the Lone Star Plant Nursery. In 1907, the Egerton family moved to a homestead five miles west of Nara Visa, New Mexico (NM). Cuby as he was called from childhood finished his first two years of school in Clarendon, TX.
Cuby received his elementary education at Obar Public School, Obar, NM. Although Cuby did not complete high school, he became well educated through self education.
Due to his desire to become self reliant, Cuby at an early age begin working on cattle ranches. In 1923, he acquired a ranch ten miles northwest of Nara Visa, NM. As a ranching pioneer, he faced many challenges, including affects of the Dust Bowl, which was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American prairie lands from 1930 to 1936. The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops or other techniques to prevent erosion.
To some degree, his ranching business was affected by The Great Depression, which was a severe worldwide economic depression. It started circa 1929 and lasted until the early 1940s. It was the longest, most widespread and deepest depression of the 20th century. The depression originated in the U.S., starting with the fall in stock prices that began circa September 4, 1929.
Nonetheless, Cuby forged ahead and for the next thirty years, he diligently worked to expand and improve his ranch and cattle business. He raised Herford cattle until 1957, when he changed to the Black Angus line.
On May 14, 1934, Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton married Zita Marie Rock and they resided on a ranch near Nara Visa.
Cuby became ill with symptoms of intestinal flu on October 5, 1963. He entered the Coon Memorial Hospital, Dalhart, Texas two days later. On October 8, he was transferred to the Northwest Texas Hospital, Dalhart TX, where he underwent surgery for intestinal obstruction. After the surgery, his heart began to fail and he passed away two days later. An autopsy revealed he died from a bacterial infection, which had entered his blood stream.
Cuby was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the NM Cattle Growers Association and the Angus Breeders Association. Cuby was known for his wonderful personality and sunny disposition.
About Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton: Zita Marie Rock was the third child born into the Ferdinand Alexander Rock and Mary Anna (Philipps) Rock family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI). Ferdinand and Mary had six children. In October 1908, the Ferdinand Alexander Rock family rented an immigration car and shipped all of their belongings to Nara Visa, New Mexico (NM), where Ferdinand filed homestead on 160 Acres about eight miles northwest of the emerging town.
Zita attended Latimer School from 1910 through 1916. She then attended the Nara Visa Public School from 1918 until 1922. Zita attended New Mexico Normal University at Las Vegas, New Mexico, earning a teacher's certificate. In the fall of 1922, she began teaching at Barney, New Mexico. Later she taught school at Centerville, Bueyeros and Obar, NM. Then she taught third grade at Nara Visa Public School for eleven years.
Children of Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton and Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton: John Halbert Egerton
Siblings of Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton: Eugene Halbert Egerton (1894 – 1982), Nancy Harriot Egerton (1904 – 1982)
Reference: "The Genealogy and History of the Peter Philipps Family," by Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton, 1967
Revised: January 25, 2011
Cuby was the 5th son of Lucien and Nancy Ann Egerton. He and the other 2 youngest children came to Nara Visa with them. Cuby's father left North Carolina and went to Tennessee where he met Nancy Ann Shaw. They moved to Texas and eventually to New Mexico where they homesteaded about 5 miles west of Nara Visa.
Cuby worked on ranches in the area until he bought a ranch of his own on the Mineosa Creek about 10 miles from Nara Visa. There he stayed until his death.
Cuby married Zita Rock on May 14, 1934 at St. Anne's Church in Tucumcari. They had one son.∼Spouse: Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton (Jan. 22, 1903 – Sep. 10, 1994)
Parents: Lucian Kearney Egerton and Nancy Ann Shaw
Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton was the youngest son of Lucian Kearney Egerton and Nancy Ann Shaw Egerton. When he was just two years of age, his family moved from Denton, Texas (TX) to Clarendon, TX, where his father owned and managed the Lone Star Plant Nursery. In 1907, the Egerton family moved to a homestead five miles west of Nara Visa, New Mexico (NM). Cuby as he was called from childhood finished his first two years of school in Clarendon, TX.
Cuby received his elementary education at Obar Public School, Obar, NM. Although Cuby did not complete high school, he became well educated through self education.
Due to his desire to become self reliant, Cuby at an early age begin working on cattle ranches. In 1923, he acquired a ranch ten miles northwest of Nara Visa, NM. As a ranching pioneer, he faced many challenges, including affects of the Dust Bowl, which was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American prairie lands from 1930 to 1936. The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops or other techniques to prevent erosion.
To some degree, his ranching business was affected by The Great Depression, which was a severe worldwide economic depression. It started circa 1929 and lasted until the early 1940s. It was the longest, most widespread and deepest depression of the 20th century. The depression originated in the U.S., starting with the fall in stock prices that began circa September 4, 1929.
Nonetheless, Cuby forged ahead and for the next thirty years, he diligently worked to expand and improve his ranch and cattle business. He raised Herford cattle until 1957, when he changed to the Black Angus line.
On May 14, 1934, Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton married Zita Marie Rock and they resided on a ranch near Nara Visa.
Cuby became ill with symptoms of intestinal flu on October 5, 1963. He entered the Coon Memorial Hospital, Dalhart, Texas two days later. On October 8, he was transferred to the Northwest Texas Hospital, Dalhart TX, where he underwent surgery for intestinal obstruction. After the surgery, his heart began to fail and he passed away two days later. An autopsy revealed he died from a bacterial infection, which had entered his blood stream.
Cuby was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the NM Cattle Growers Association and the Angus Breeders Association. Cuby was known for his wonderful personality and sunny disposition.
About Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton: Zita Marie Rock was the third child born into the Ferdinand Alexander Rock and Mary Anna (Philipps) Rock family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI). Ferdinand and Mary had six children. In October 1908, the Ferdinand Alexander Rock family rented an immigration car and shipped all of their belongings to Nara Visa, New Mexico (NM), where Ferdinand filed homestead on 160 Acres about eight miles northwest of the emerging town.
Zita attended Latimer School from 1910 through 1916. She then attended the Nara Visa Public School from 1918 until 1922. Zita attended New Mexico Normal University at Las Vegas, New Mexico, earning a teacher's certificate. In the fall of 1922, she began teaching at Barney, New Mexico. Later she taught school at Centerville, Bueyeros and Obar, NM. Then she taught third grade at Nara Visa Public School for eleven years.
Children of Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton and Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton: John Halbert Egerton
Siblings of Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton: Eugene Halbert Egerton (1894 – 1982), Nancy Harriot Egerton (1904 – 1982)
Reference: "The Genealogy and History of the Peter Philipps Family," by Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton, 1967
Revised: January 25, 2011
Cuby worked on ranches in the area until he bought a ranch of his own on the Mineosa Creek about 10 miles from Nara Visa. There he stayed until his death.
Cuby married Zita Rock on May 14, 1934 at St. Anne's Church in Tucumcari. They had one son.∼Spouse: Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton (Jan. 22, 1903 – Sep. 10, 1994)
Parents: Lucian Kearney Egerton and Nancy Ann Shaw
Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton was the youngest son of Lucian Kearney Egerton and Nancy Ann Shaw Egerton. When he was just two years of age, his family moved from Denton, Texas (TX) to Clarendon, TX, where his father owned and managed the Lone Star Plant Nursery. In 1907, the Egerton family moved to a homestead five miles west of Nara Visa, New Mexico (NM). Cuby as he was called from childhood finished his first two years of school in Clarendon, TX.
Cuby received his elementary education at Obar Public School, Obar, NM. Although Cuby did not complete high school, he became well educated through self education.
Due to his desire to become self reliant, Cuby at an early age begin working on cattle ranches. In 1923, he acquired a ranch ten miles northwest of Nara Visa, NM. As a ranching pioneer, he faced many challenges, including affects of the Dust Bowl, which was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American prairie lands from 1930 to 1936. The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops or other techniques to prevent erosion.
To some degree, his ranching business was affected by The Great Depression, which was a severe worldwide economic depression. It started circa 1929 and lasted until the early 1940s. It was the longest, most widespread and deepest depression of the 20th century. The depression originated in the U.S., starting with the fall in stock prices that began circa September 4, 1929.
Nonetheless, Cuby forged ahead and for the next thirty years, he diligently worked to expand and improve his ranch and cattle business. He raised Herford cattle until 1957, when he changed to the Black Angus line.
On May 14, 1934, Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton married Zita Marie Rock and they resided on a ranch near Nara Visa.
Cuby became ill with symptoms of intestinal flu on October 5, 1963. He entered the Coon Memorial Hospital, Dalhart, Texas two days later. On October 8, he was transferred to the Northwest Texas Hospital, Dalhart TX, where he underwent surgery for intestinal obstruction. After the surgery, his heart began to fail and he passed away two days later. An autopsy revealed he died from a bacterial infection, which had entered his blood stream.
Cuby was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the NM Cattle Growers Association and the Angus Breeders Association. Cuby was known for his wonderful personality and sunny disposition.
About Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton: Zita Marie Rock was the third child born into the Ferdinand Alexander Rock and Mary Anna (Philipps) Rock family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI). Ferdinand and Mary had six children. In October 1908, the Ferdinand Alexander Rock family rented an immigration car and shipped all of their belongings to Nara Visa, New Mexico (NM), where Ferdinand filed homestead on 160 Acres about eight miles northwest of the emerging town.
Zita attended Latimer School from 1910 through 1916. She then attended the Nara Visa Public School from 1918 until 1922. Zita attended New Mexico Normal University at Las Vegas, New Mexico, earning a teacher's certificate. In the fall of 1922, she began teaching at Barney, New Mexico. Later she taught school at Centerville, Bueyeros and Obar, NM. Then she taught third grade at Nara Visa Public School for eleven years.
Children of Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton and Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton: John Halbert Egerton
Siblings of Cuvier Lipscomb Egerton: Eugene Halbert Egerton (1894 – 1982), Nancy Harriot Egerton (1904 – 1982)
Reference: "The Genealogy and History of the Peter Philipps Family," by Zita Marie (Rock) Egerton, 1967
Revised: January 25, 2011
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