Physician.
William Lloyd (Loyd) Penniman (1866-1955) received his medical degree from Barnes Medical College in 1897 and he was licensed in Illinois the same year. He practiced medicine in Shipman, IL (1898-1906), then moved to Deer Creek (1906-1915). He was later on the staff of Brokaw Hospital in Normal (1915-1936). At the end of World War I in 1918, he served at Camp Grant, Illinois by treating returning soldiers during the great influenza epidemic. He retired in 1936 and lived on a farm in Jerseyville, Illinois. He moved to Kirkwood Missouri to be close to his son and died at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis in 1955. Sources: Letter from W.D. Penniman to Paul G. Anderson, Nov. 15, 1999 in Collection File in repository; American Medical Directory, 1934.
From the description of William Lloyd Penniman papers, 1897-1955. 1897-1955. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 220951940
