The photographs of George Silas Duntley fill (nee Roy – he hated his name and changed it when he reached 18) are from dry plate negatives. They record Duntley’s years in Chicago and Evanston while he was attending Northwestern University Medical School. Also included are photographs taken in Bushnell, Illinois, his home town and surrounding areas.
A trained surgeon who removed his own tonsils, Duntley worked as an eye surgeon in rural areas. Many of his patients were poor farmers who had a tough time paying for the skills. His son recalled, “they used to eat a lot of chicken.”
George Silas Duntley was born June 25, 1879, at Bushnell (McDonough County), Illinois, the son of Silas Quimby Duntley and Ida Duntley. He attended Bushnell High School and apprenticed to local pharmacists or druggists. He gained admittance to the Northwestern University School of Pharmacy from which he took a Graduate in Pharmacy degree in 1901.
Duntley later attended the Northwestern University Medical School and received his M.D. degree from that institution in 1906. Duntley interned at Alexian Brothers Hospital at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and then took up practice as a physician and surgeon in his hometown of Bushnell and, later, Macomb, Illinois. He was a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Duntley served as an officer in World War I.
Duntley married Nola Seibert, born April 25, 1880, at Bushnell, Illinois. The couple had a son, Seibert Quimby Duntley, born October 2, 1911, at Bushnell, Illinois.
George S. Duntley died October 14, 1957, at Peoria, Illinois. He is interred at Bushnell Cemetery, Bushnell, Illinois. Nola Duntley died June 22, 1965, at San Diego, California, and also is buried at Bushnell Cemetery.
Unidentified men and woman standing at the entrance to J.H. Montgomery Drugs, Sub postal station – George Silas Duntley Photographs 1899-1918
Woman sitting in rocking chair with newspaper on lap and man seated behind her – George Silas Duntley Photographs 1899-1918
Shop with signs that read – Pure Drugs. To Cure A Cold In One Day.
Street view with H. Munson Jeweler and Optics on corner
Cherry Sisters, Horse-drawn vehicle in hay field – George Silas Duntley Photographs 1899-1918
Three men and two women drinking in a shop
Illinois Central Railroad (IC) large rail yard and trestle running parallel to Lake Michigan – George Silas Duntley Photographs 1899-1918
Locomotive going over a trestle
Man working at sewing machine – George Silas Duntley Photographs 1899-1918
Self portrait attributed to George Silas Duntley
Willow Charcoal, Powered Bitter Orange Peel, Short Buchu Leaves, Orris Root Florentine, Saigon Cinnamon, Pomegranate Bark of Root, Jalap Root, Seneka Root, Calamus Root, Eucalyptus Leaves, Berberis Aquifolium, Wild Cherry Bark, Prickly Ash Bark, Damiana, Honduras Sarsaparilla, Cotton Root Bark, Cascara Sagrada, Gentian Root, Hydrangea Root, Valerian Root, Sassafras Bark, Laxative Species, Tinnevelly Senna, Red Clover Tops, Black Pepper, Liquorice Root, Tinct. of Gentian, Columbo Root, Gum Myrrh, Turmeric Root, Rhubarb Select, Star Anise, Fennel, Coriander, Nutmeg, Poison, and others, used for medication and percolation by Gilpin, Langdon & Company (Baltimore, Maryland), 1890
Cherry Sisters – George Silas Duntley Photographs 1899-1918
Elba, Clara B., Joe & Bess
Portrait of George Silas Duntley in World War I Uniform
Self Portrait of George Silas Duntley
Four men drinking in a bar
Two women with baby in wicker carriage – George Silas Duntley Photographs 1899-1918
Two women and three girls seated in front of St. Luke’s Hospital
View from rooftop of buildings in Chicago – George Silas Duntley Photographs 1899-1918
Via: Biography – Find A Grave; North Western
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