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History
Deaf Smith County
Pioneersand caught the rear of the train as it passed him.
Mrs. Vaughn remembers seeing big herds of mustang
and antelope roaming the prairie around her new home.
Cattle were grazing on the open range and watered at the
Tierra Blanca Creek. After the big prairie fire of 1894,
many cattle died because the grass that was left was too
far from the creek. Cowboys rode herd constantly to keep
the animals off the burned grass, and some ranchers dug
Wells to afford water for their stock. Mr. and Mrs. Kibbe
had worked with others in fighting the fire. Mrs. Kibbe
drove a wagon with a barrel of water on it. She returned
home to put the children to bed then re-filled the barrel and
Went back to take water to the men who were fighting the
fire.
The Kibbe children attended school at La Plata with other
children of pioneer families. Judge C. G. Witherspoonwas
her teacher there. Later she boarded with the L. R. Bradlys
and attended the Dawn School which was being taught by
Fred Johnson who had married Edna Jowell.
Reuben J. Kibbe was born Feb. 6, 1857, in New York
State, and Celista L. Ling was born Feb. 23, 1866, in Iowa.
They were married Feb. 6, 1884, in Iowa.
Kibbe helped organize his community and town. He was a
farmer, rancher, and a director of the First National Bank
and served as a county commissioner. He was a charter
member of the Odd Fellow's Lodge here. He and Mrs. Kibbe
were among the first members of the First Christian
Church.
Living members of the R. J. Kibbe family are Mrs.
Vaughn, Hereford; Mrs. Lora Kibbe Bane, Salt Lake City,
Utah; and Harry Kibbe, Fullerton, Calif. Lora and Harry
were born and reared in Hereford.
Other children of the R. J. Kibbes were Earl L., 18881907;
Roy H., 1891-1901; and Clyde, 1897-1949, who beCame
a chiropractic doctor and practiced in Hereford for
a number of years. He married Miss Delores Daugherty.
A. J. LIPSCOMB, 1888
Here Before The County
A. J. Lipscomb came to the area from Wood County,
ex. in 1888 and filed on land here before Deaf Smith
County was organized. His first home here was a dugut
10 miles south-east of La Plata. He traveled to
Amarillo by train and came on to his claim by wagon
Jim Lipscomb was honored by the postoffice
taff at his retirement; with him here are, left to
ght: Owen Stagner, A. Petersen and E. W.Pung9, veteran rural carriers; Lipscomb; Elmer
Patterson, assistant postmaster, and E. Ramey,
longtime rural carrier.and team.
Lipscomb was born March 29, 1866 and was married
to Allie Greer in Wood County in 1893. When they moved
to Deaf Smith County in April, 1896, they brought their
two sons, Walter D., who had been born July 18, 1894,
and Jim, born Feb. 1, 189b. The older boy died on Dec.
16, 1897. A third son, W. A. (Bill) was born here March
16, 1898.
Allie Greer Lipscomb died in 1899 and was the second
burial in West Park Cemetery. A. J. Lipscomb was married
to Alma C. Carlock in 1907. He died in 1944 and she
in 1946.
J. R. (Jim) Lipscomb went to live with their grandparents
after his mother's death. He returned to Deaf
Smith County to live with his father in 1909. During his
first school year he attended school in the frame building
while he watched the construction of the brick Central
School building. Although the building was delayed by a
bricklayers' strike, it was ready for occupancy at the
opening of the school term in 1910.
Jim Lipscomb was married to Susie Lackey, daughter
of Mrs. Dora Lackey Suggs (see G.W. Suggs Family),
on Feb. 11, 1918. They farmed 12 miles north-west of
town until Lipscomb was appointed post-master here
July 25, 1939. He retired from the office on March 1, 1958,
and. continues to maintain his home and farming interests
here.
Bill Lipscomb was married to Lucille Bangs. They
live in Oklahoma City.
ASA MARTIN, 1898
First School Teacher
The clang of the triangle in the hands of Robert Overstreet
reached the ears of the reluctant scholars, and
they formed a line to enter the old wooden school building.
Unconsciously all but one yielded to the pressure
of the wind, and the line was several feet from the usual
place.
"You're out of liner' Mr. Overstreet called.
"I beg your pardon, sir, all the rest are out of line,"
came the respectful but firm reply from David Martin,
the only one in line.
David was a son of Asa Martin, the first school teacher
in Hereford. The Martins had come by train to
Amarillo from Ohio. Robert, eldest of the children, remembers
that they were met there by an uncle, J. N.
(Jim) Askren, who took them in a wagon a short distance
from the depot where he had made camp. There they
slept on the bald prairie "under the brightest moon
and stars we had ever seen." The next day they drove
some 40 miles without seeing a fence until they approached
Askren's homestead.
Asa Martin was born Dec. 8, 1853, in Ohio. Coming
with him and his wife to Hereford were Robert, David,
Gladys, and Bess; a third son, Donald, was born in
Hereford in 1903. Martin built the first new residence
in Hereford--other houses and business building had been
moved from La Plata. He was a charter member of the
First Methodist Church and served as Sunday School superintendent.
They moved to New Mexico in 1904.
All five children still are living: R. D.(Robert), 3206
Arkansas, Baytown, Tex.; David, 3-90, Bloomfield, N.M.;Mrs. Gladys M, Eddy, 3-90, Bloomfield, NM,; Mrs.
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