. History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present; . rade. In 1861, when he wasabout twenty-two years old, he enlisted in the Federal army, forservice in the Civil war. He did gallant duty as a soldier duringthe entire period of his enlistment and received honorable dischargefrom the service. The last twelve years of his life were passed inthe service of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, in which hemight have remained many years longer
. History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present; . rade. In 1861, when he wasabout twenty-two years old, he enlisted in the Federal army, forservice in the Civil war. He did gallant duty as a soldier duringthe entire period of his enlistment and received honorable dischargefrom the service. The last twelve years of his life were passed inthe service of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, in which hemight have remained many years longer had he not passed awayuntimely in his sixty-second year. In 1879 Mr. Powers married Miss Mary E. Adams, a nativeof North Carolina and a descendant of old and honored familiesof that state. She bore him four children, three of whom i)arents were natives of Maine and he numbered among his an-cestors New England Yankees, who in successive generations amplyproved themselves to be devoted and patriotic citizens and success-ful men of affairs. With all who knew him he was deservedly pop-ular and many a former comrade rememljers him as one who isever readv with the friendlv hand in time of .^:z>i.^i^^:^>?t^-^ HISTORY OF SACEAMENTO COUNTY 613 FEEDEEICK E. SHAW, M. D. A favorable opportunity to engage in professional activities asresident physician at the Sisters hospital was the immediate cause ofthe location of Dr. Shaw in Sacramento, where at first in this posi-tion and later as a private practitioner he has won his way to anenviable standing among the men of his calling in the capital competent to speak with authority assert that his knowledgeof materia medica and surgery, backed by a broad general fund ofinformation in every sphere of thought, places him in sympatheticassociation with the most talented members of the profession in hiscity, while also enabling him to appreciate with delicate intuition themanifold openings which make the future ri
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