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The man who gains title to the distinction of having been the architect
of his own fortune is the one who can see and utilize the opportunities
that surround his path, holding no obstacles as insurmountable, and ever
pressing steadily onward to the goal of pronounced success. Among the
successful business men of Pocatello is Archibald W. Service, who has
shown an invincible spirit and attained prosperity through honorable and
worthy means. He started out in life when but fourteen years of age, his
chief equipment being a modest education, and, relying on his own powers
to dare and to do, he stands today as one of the representative citizens
of Bannock county, Idaho, and a valuable business factor of Pocatello,
in which city he made his residence in 1890, being one of the pioneer
settlers.
Mr. Service was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 27,
1855, a son of John R. and Janet (Wilkin) Service, both representatives
of families long connected with the history of Scotland, his father
being a carpenter and a son of George Service, a grocer. Receiving a
solid education in the national schools of Scotland, he accompanied his
parents in their emigration to the United States in 1869, settling in
Oskosh, Wis., where his parents still reside, the father at the age of
seventy-two years and the mother at seventy-one. He continued his
education in the excellent public schools of that city, thereafter
engaging in the lumber business in Wisconsin, and continuing thus
employed until 1890, when, coming to Pocatello, he here established a
lumber yard and became a dealer not only in lumber but in wood and coal,
now having his office at 133 South Cleveland avenue, his pleasant
residence being maintained at 613 Garfield avenue, South. Mr. Service,
in business relations, has manifested those sterling qualities
characteristic of the Scotch nation, honest integrity, thrift and
industry, and as a result has placed himself among the independent men
of the community, being considered as solid in financial relations as in
all other relations of life. Politically he is prominently identified
with the Republican party and has been a member of the city council of
Pocatello for the past two years, while fraternally he holds membership
as a Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity and has "crossed the
sands" in the Mystic Shrine.
The marriage of Mr. Service with
Miss Emily Courtney, occurred at Clemansville, Wis., she being a native
of that state, and a daughter of David Courtney, who with his family had
emigrated from England to Wisconsin as a pioneer of that section of the
state. Mr. and Mrs. Service have two children: Walter D., who is
efficiently serving as a bookkeeper in the First National Bank of
Pocatello, and a winsome daughter, Ethel L. Mr. Service has the
reputation of being upright in all his relations with his fellow men,
and holds the universal confidence and respect of his friends and
acquaintances in the county and city of his residence.
Extracted from Progressive Men of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Fremont and Oneida Counties, Idaho, published in 1904, pages 399-400, contributed 2021 Jun 15 by Norma Hass
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