Ira Gershwin and a love of Gilbert and Sullivan. He attended the City College of New York but dropped out. The childhood home of Ira and George Gershwin was in the center of the Yiddish Theater District, on the second floor at 91 Second Avenue, between East 5th Street and East 6th Street. They frequented the local Yiddish theaters. While George began composing and "plugging" in Tin Pan Alley from the age of 18, Ira worked as a cashier in his father's Turkish baths. It was not until 1921 that Ira became involved in the music business. Alex Aarons signed Ira to
Ira Davenport (politician) He was the Republican candidate for Governor of New York in the 1885 election, and was defeated by Democrat David B. Hill. Davenport died in Bath on October 6, 1904. He was buried at the Davenport Family Cemetery in Bath. In 1887, Davenport Katherine L. Sharpe (1860-1945), the daughter of State Senator George H. Sharpe (1828–1900). They had no children. The Davenport family's charitable donations included founding a home for orphaned girls, which was financed by the senior Ira Davenport and his brother Charles, and supported by Ira Davenport Jr. In addition, the Davenports endowed Bath's Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital,