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Term of Service at the Supreme Court of Missouri: November 1930 – December 1932
Berryman Henwood was born on April 23, 1881, in Hannibal, Missouri.[i] He received his early education in the Tilden District School of Oakwood, Missouri, and Hannibal High School.[ii] He enrolled in specialized academic courses and regular law courses, at the University of Missouri.[iii] He graduated cum laude, with an LL.B., in June 1904.[iv] While attending the University of Missouri Law School, Henwood was a member of Phi Delta Phi, Tiedeman Chapter, an honorary legal fraternity, and Pro-Consul of the organization during law school.[v] Henwood practiced law in Hannibal from October 1904 to April 1927.[vi] During that time, he was City Attorney for Hannibal from 1909 to 1913.[vii]
Judge Henwood was appointed by Governor Henry S. Caulfield as a Commissioner with the Supreme Court of Missouri on April 12, 1927,[viii] and he moved to Jefferson City.[ix] On November 25, 1930,[x] Governor Caulfield appointed him to serve an unexpired term for Judge Walker,[xi] as a Judge with the Supreme Court of Missouri.[xii] Judge Henwood’s term with the Supreme Court of Missouri expired on December 31, 1932.[xiii]After retiring from the bench, Henwood was appointed as Trustee of the Cotton Belt Railroad by the Federal Court in 1936.[xiv] He served as a special counsel for the company until his death.[xv]
Judge Berryman Henwood died on March 7, 1955, in St. Louis.[xvi]
[i] Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, Charles U. Becker, publisher, State of Missouri, Official Manual, For Years Nineteen Thirty-One and Nineteen Thirty-Two, (Jefferson City, MO: Botz Printing and Stationary Co., 1932), 121. See also: Supreme Court of Missouri, Memorial to Judge Berryman Henwood, (Jefferson City, MO: Supreme Court of Missouri, 1956), January 6, 1956, 2.
[ii] Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, Charles U. Becker, publisher, State of Missouri, Official Manual, For Years Nineteen Thirty-One and Nineteen Thirty-Two, (Jefferson City, MO: Botz Printing and Stationary Co., 1932), 121.
[iii] Charles Henry Topping, The Brief of Phi Delta Phi, vol. IV (1902-1903), (Lancaster, PA: Phi Delta Phi Fraternity Printing, 1903), 78, information courtesy of Google Books, accessed on July 16, 2019, available from https://books.google.com/books?id=WAETAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA461&lpg=PA461&dq=Berryman+Henwood+University+of+Missouri+Law+School&source=bl&ots=3L4tSK8Qxi&sig=ACfU3U1qBbfKgkxWbNQPYgD_lZ5UWe4eew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq4rja-4LkAhXYGs0KHQlZBF4Q6AEwDHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Copy of document in file in the Supreme Court of Missouri Law Library.
[iv] Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, Charles U. Becker, publisher, State of Missouri, Official Manual, For Years Nineteen Thirty-One and Nineteen Thirty-Two, (Jefferson City, MO: Botz Printing and Stationary Co., 1932), 121.
[v] Charles Henry Topping, The Brief of Phi Delta Phi, vol. IV (1902-1903), (Lancaster, PA: Phi Delta Phi Fraternity Printing, 1903), 78, information courtesy of Google Books, accessed on July 16, 2019, available from https://books.google.com/books?id=WAETAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA461&lpg=PA461&dq=Berryman+Henwood+University+of+Missouri+Law+School&source=bl&ots=3L4tSK8Qxi&sig=ACfU3U1qBbfKgkxWbNQPYgD_lZ5UWe4eew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq4rja-4LkAhXYGs0KHQlZBF4Q6AEwDHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Copy of document in file in the Supreme Court of Missouri Law Library.
[vi] Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, Charles U. Becker, publisher, State of Missouri, Official Manual, For Years Nineteen Thirty-One and Nineteen Thirty-Two, (Jefferson City, MO: Botz Printing and Stationary Co., 1932), 121.
[vii] Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, Charles U. Becker, publisher, State of Missouri, Official Manual, For Years Nineteen Thirty-One and Nineteen Thirty-Two, (Jefferson City, MO: Botz Printing and Stationary Co., 1932), 121. See also: Supreme Court of Missouri, Memorial to Judge Berryman Henwood, (Jefferson City, MO: Supreme Court of Missouri, 1956), January 6, 1956, 2.
[viii] Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, Charles U. Becker, publisher, State of Missouri, Official Manual, For Years Nineteen Thirty-One and Nineteen Thirty-Two, (Jefferson City, MO: Botz Printing and Stationary Co., 1932), 121.
[ix] Supreme Court of Missouri, Memorial to Judge Berryman Henwood, (Jefferson City, MO: Supreme Court of Missouri, 1956), January 6, 1956, 2.
[x] Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, Charles U. Becker, publisher, State of Missouri, Official Manual, For Years Nineteen Thirty-One and Nineteen Thirty-Two, (Jefferson City, MO: Botz Printing and Stationary Co., 1932), 121.
[xi] Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, Charles U. Becker, publisher, State of Missouri, Official Manual, For Years Nineteen Thirty-One and Nineteen Thirty-Two, (Jefferson City, MO: Botz Printing and Stationary Co., 1932), 120.
[xii] Supreme Court of Missouri, Memorial to Judge Berryman Henwood, (Jefferson City, MO: Supreme Court of Missouri, 1956), January 6, 1956, 3.
[xiii] Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, Charles U. Becker, publisher, State of Missouri, Official Manual, For Years Nineteen Thirty-One and Nineteen Thirty-Two, (Jefferson City, MO: Botz Printing and Stationary Co., 1932), 121.
[xiv] Supreme Court of Missouri, Memorial to Judge Berryman Henwood, (Jefferson City, MO: Supreme Court of Missouri, 1956), January 6, 1956, 3.
[xv] Supreme Court of Missouri, Memorial to Judge Berryman Henwood, (Jefferson City, MO: Supreme Court of Missouri, 1956), January 6, 1956, 3.
[xvi] The Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death, filed March 31, 1955, information courtesy of Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1968 Database, Missouri State Archives, accessed on July 16, 2019, available from https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1955/1955_00009709.PDF Copy of document filed at the Supreme Court of Missouri Law Library.
Biographical information authored by Ms. Anna Theroff, 2019, Washington University – St. Louis, Missouri.