Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Shaw, J Bliss M D 1860 - 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

J. BLISS SHAW, M. D. The regular school of medicine acknowledges one of its 
most able followers in the person of Dr. Shaw, one of the prominent physicians 
of Joliet, who has a finely equipped office in the Barber Building, and who 
enjoys an extensive and lucrative business. He located in the city in 1884, 
and gives his entire attention to the duties of his profession. From 1884 
until 1888 he held the office of Coroner. A native of this county Dr. Shaw was 
born in Joliet, December 1, 1860, and was the son of John K. Shaw, a native of 
New York City. The latter was reared in the great metropolis, and was married 
to Miss Martha, daughter of John J. Flack, one of the early settlers of this 
county. The wedding took place in Joliet, but the young couple returned East 
afterward, and Mr. Shaw was connected with the Michigan Central Railroad for a 
number of years. He died, however, when comparatively a young man, and before 
the recollection of his son, J. Bliss. After the death of her husband Mrs. 
Shaw returned to her father's home in Joliet, where she still lives. She was 
subsequently married to Harvey Downey. Our subject was the only child of his 
parents, and was reared by his maternal grandfather, John J. Flack, a native 
of Oswego County, N. Y. Grandfather Flack came to Illinois in 1840, and for 
many years was a resident of Joliet, where his death took place in 1876. Dr. 
Shaw was a child of two years when he was brought to this county by his 
mother, and pursued his first studies in the city schools. At an early age he 
began seriously to think of adopting the medical profession, and entered upon 
his studies under the preceptorship of Dr. M. B. Campbell. He took his first 
course of lectures at the Chicago Homeopathic College, subsequently attended 
and was graduated in the class of 1884, from the Chicago Medical College, the 
latter being connected with, the Northwestern University. Soon after locating 
in Joliet the Doctor was elected County Coroner, obtaining the highest number 
of votes of any candidate on the Republican ticket at that election. This fact 
is sufficient indication of his standing and popularity in the county. He has 
thus far made for himself a fine record, and has the wishes of hosts of 
friends for his continued success. He has a fine library, to which he is 
steadily adding, and wherein he spends his leisure time, keeping himself 
thoroughly posted upon the latest methods of practice, while in a literary 
point of view, he is more than ordinarily proficient, being the master of 
French, and having a good understanding of the German tongue. After being 
graduated Dr. Shaw crossed the Atlantic and spent seven months in the city of 
Paris, devoting himself to the study of surgery, together with venereal 
diseases and diseases of the eye and ear, of which he makes a specialty. He 
there obtained instruction from some of the finest practitioners at the French 
Capital, among them being the noted Galezowski. Upon returning to his native 
land he spent a year in the Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. In Paris he had 
charge of one of the wards in the Hotel Dieu, the largest hospital in the 
city. Dr. Shaw was wedded, February 5, 1885, at the bride's home in West 
Union, Iowa, to Miss Lida B. Hammond. This lady was born in Joliet, and is the 
daughter of King J. and Julia B. Hammond, who were natives of New York, but 
are now residents of West Union, Iowa. Two bright children have been born of 
this union, a son and daughter—Arthur B. and Laura H. The Doctor, politically, 
gives his support to the Republican party, but meddles very little with public 
affairs, conscientiously devoting his attention to the duties of his 
profession. Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 
 


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