Berryman Henwood

Berryman Henwood (April 23, 1881 – March 7, 1955) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1930 to 1932.

Early life, education, and career Born in Hannibal, Missouri, to George W. and Jennie (Dunham) Henwood, one of six children, Henwood attended the local schools in Hannibal, and then became a student in the law department of the University of Missouri, graduating cum laude in 1904.

In April 1927, he became commissioner of the supreme court,

After leaving the court, he formed a new firm in St. Louis with Mark Eagleton and James A. Waechter. In 1935, he opened a law office in Jefferson City, and in 1936 was appointed trustee of the Cotton Belt by Judge Charles B. Davis of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Personal life On October 17, 1907, Henwood married Adele Tucker of Hannibal, with whom he had two daughters, and one son. His wife died in 1927, and his son was killed in World War II, in Okinawa.

Henwood had a stroke in the early 1950s, and died from heart disease in a hospital in Jefferson City, Missouri, at the age of 73.