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Meet the many people who argued for and against carceral, institutional, and interpersonal confinement in the petitions filed in County and District Courts throughout the American West over the long nineteenth century. Browse or search people by name, demographic characteristics, case role, and/or relationships described in each petition. Our encoding practice for people features data pulled from the available case files and in some instances additional data from supplemental sources is also included. Only people with case roles are indexed here, while all persons named in a case are listed on the case page. The Glossary defines the attributes used to structure data from the habeas petitions. The Code Book explains the relational structure of the data and functionality of the database website.

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Smith, Tessie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Walton, Lulu (Luly Stanley)

  • Birth date: May 5, 1881
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Stewart, May L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

McShane, Jr., Felix J. (F. J.)

  • Birth date: July 10, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, responding party, respondent

Carsillo, Angeline (Sister Angelena)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Italy
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent

Pszanowski, John

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Polish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Berger, Alta (Alta Burger)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Maurer, Julius

  • Birth date: September 25, 1884
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Uhling, Cassius M. (Uhlig)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1885
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Boler, Thomas D.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Flannagan, Edward (Rev. Father Edward Flannagan)

  • Birth date: July 13, 1886
  • Birth place: British Columbia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Harrison, Eileen M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Kansas, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Maurer, Rudolph

  • Birth date: November 23, 1890
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Brothers, Andrew R.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1891
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Brothers, Hattie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1892
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Sherry, Joseph

  • Birth date: January 1, 1893
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Irish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Fuller, Helen S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1894
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Danish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Citta, Louis

  • Birth date: January 1, 1898
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Czech
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent

Pickard, Genevieve M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1899
  • Birth place: Kansas, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Quinnett, Robert

  • Birth date: January 1, 1914
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Foster, W. A.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Responding party, respondent, holding party

Neher, Vivian

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party

Pallesan, Clara

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Miller, J. S.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, holding party, respondent, responding party

Gordon, Samuel I.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party, responding party, respondent, authority ordering detention, judge, respondent attorney

Earley, May (Mrs. Roy T. Earley)

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Michael, Sister Mary

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, holding party, respondent, responding party

Brewer, Sylvia

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party

Miller, Fred A.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

McGinnis, F. W.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Hoage, R. C.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Unknown
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party

Hay, John T.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Lenz, Adam (Lentz)

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

(Mother Superior of the Good Shepherd Convent)

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Sheehan, James

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent

Whitlock, P. A.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Unknown
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party

Spaker, Henry

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Sex: Male
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Oberlies, Louis C.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Furth, Jacob

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Sex: Male
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Wauzer, Charles H.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Bateman, Anna

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Vanous, Anton

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

McLain, Nellie

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Leaper, Albert

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Goldsborough, Frank H.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party, responding party

Boehler, Edwin C.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party, authority ordering detention

Briggs, John

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent, responding party

Davis, (Major Davis)

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Silas, John

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Warren, Joel

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party
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