Dr. Ira G. Shaw

 

Dr. Ira G. Shaw, dentist. The science of dental surgery is being rapidly developed, and every year brings into the field new men fitted by earnest study of the most approved methods, to secure the best results.  Such men must necessarily take the lead; and among these Ira G. Shaw holds a prominent position. He was born in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in June, 1857. He came to this coast when a child and resumed his education in the public schools of Sacramento. In 1874 he entered the office of Dr. W. W. Light, the pioneer dentist of this county, and for eleven years was a practitioner with him. In 1885 he stated business for himself and his dental parlors on the corner of Tenth and J streets are amply supplied with all the most improved appliances know to the art; and it is safe to say that there is no more pains-taking operator on this coast, nor one more fully learned in the details of his profession. The Doctor comes from an old New England family, and his wife, Phoebe Shaw, nee Chiles, is a native daughter of the Golden West. She is a granddaughter of Colonel Joseph Chiles, of Napa County. The Doctor, while not a native son, has been in this county since boyhood and has identified himself with the interests of the county during all the years of early manhood. He is essentially a Sacramento man, thoroughly believing in her future, and ready and willing at all times to advance her interests in public and private. He is peculiarly domestic in his characteristics, but, notwithstanding this, is popular among the “boys,” a liberal patron of all legitimate sports and pastimes, and socially ranks among the foremost in the city.