Little Berry is my gg-grandfather. If you are related, please contact me!

Aunt Betty (one of Berry's granddaughters) said he was a very tall man, maybe 6'6". She also states that he was not a very pleasant man, pretty grumpy. If you read the obituary of his father, Levi Pennington, grumpiness is totally understandable.

Little Berry married Bertha Steinhour (Steinhauer) on 24 May 1888 at the bride's house in California MO. In book 12, page 76, is another marriage for L.Berry Pennington to Nancy Reed. Berry cared for her during her final years of failing health, then buried her with her 1st husband, and moved to Independence MO to live out his last few years with his daughter Virgie Minnie Pennington Nelson Stinson, who is the only child of Little Berry and Bertha who survived childhood. She cared for Berry until he died.

Would dearly love to have a picture of him as all family pictures, documents and Bibles were destroyed in house fires.

1880 Census Moniteau Co MO
Pennington Levi head 52 KY SC SC farmer
" Sarah J wife 50 KY NC NC
" Henryetta R dau 20 MO KY KY
" Sarah D dau 19 MO KY KY
" L B 14 son MO KY KY
" John R 11 son MO

1900 census Moniteau Co MO
Pennington Little B head Sept 1865 34 MO KY KY farmer
" Bertha wife Apr 1862 38 Germany Germany Germany imm.1867
" Virgie dau Jun 1891 8 MO MO Germany
" Levi father Jun 1830 69 KY NC SC

1910 census Moniteau Co MO
Pennington Little B 44 MO KY KY carpenter
" Bertha wife 48 Germany Germany Germany

1920 census, MO, Morgan County, Mill Creek Township
Penington, Berry, 56,b.MO, parents born MO,carpenter
......Bertha, 57, b.Germany, parents b.Germany

1930 census MO, Morgan County, Moreau Township
Pennington, Little Berry, 65, b.MO, both parents b.KY
Pennington, Bertha, 67,b.Germany, both parents b.Germany, immig 1867, not naturalized