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Among the pioneers of this section of Idaho and now a resident of
Bannock county, there is none who is held in higher esteem and honor
than Mr. Fargo, who has played no unimportant part in furthering the
progress of this section of the state, having been long identified with
industrial and financial enterprises of great pith and moment and
continually leaving the impress of his strong personality upon the
community. Among the numerous progressive citizens of this section of
the state, there is none more popular, none more versatile, and none has
achieved a more distinctive or creditable success than the subject of
this review, who is entitled to a tribute as being one of the leading
financial factors of the county, being animated by that spirit of honor
and that inflexible integrity which has made his life true in all its
relations and thus insured the trust and high regard of his fellow men.
Mr. Fargo was born in Bethany, N. Y., on October 5, 1850, a son
of R. S. and Caroline (Berder) Fargo, the father being a native of New
York and a descendant of old Colonial stock, and a son of Lyman and
Elizabeth (Deshon) Fargo, whose home was in the state of Connecticut,
the Fargos being of Welsh ancestry, and the mother of Lyman Fargo a
native of England, while his maternal grandmother was of French lineage.
His mother's death occurred in 1889, at the age of fifty-two years.
Lyman Fargo received his education in the state of New York, and in
1880 he accepted the position of clerk in the mercantile house of Blyth
& Pixley, in Evanston, Wyo. After three years' connection with the
establishment, he purchased an interest of Mr. Pixley, and has since
been connected with mercantile operations, the firm having an extensive
business at Evanston. Mr. Fargo being the vice-president of the
incorporated company; they also own and are conducting a large store at
Park City, Utah, as the, M. L. Ascheimer Co., of which Mr. Fargo is also
vice-president. The combined business in these places is of great scope
and importance in the line of general merchandising. Mr. Fargo came to
Pocatello in 1892 and established the present prosperous business of the
Blyth & Fargo Co., and has since made this city his home, having a fine
residence of modern style and equipment, pleasantly located at 144
Garfield avenue. For the last ten years Mr. Fargo has been in touch with
and a forceful agent in developing everything of an important financial
and public nature in connection with the rapid growth and development of
the city, and he now is the president of the Bannock National Bank of
Pocatello, which he has held from its establishment, standing high in
the esteem of the financial powers of the state.
In the Masonic
fraternity there is no member whose presence adds more to the life of
the meetings of either lodge, chapter or commandery than does Mr. Fargo,
while in the enjoyment of that Masonic club, the Mystic Shrine, he takes
great pleasure. He has held the high position of eminent commander of
the commandery most capably and efficiently, and he is also a genial
member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also belonging to
the Modern Woodmen of the World.
Mr. Fargo was married at
Evanston, Wyo., on September 13, 1887, to Miss Estella McKenzie. a
native of Michigan, and a daughter of James and Charlotte McKenzie,
prominent citizens of that state. The family circle of Mr. Fargo is
completed by two winsome daughters, Ellen E. and Marion C. The family
are prominent in the social life of the community, the beautiful home
being one in which exists an atmosphere of refinement and culture.
Extracted from Progressive Men of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Fremont and Oneida Counties, Idaho, published in 1904, pages 478-479, contributed 2021 Jun 15 by Norma Hass
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