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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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Cline, Ella (Ella Dickey)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Responding party

Blevins, John A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Wells, Martha (Maty, Matty, Mattie)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Blevins, Thomas H. S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Deneen, Charles Samuel

  • Birth date: May 4, 1863
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Morning, William McClellen

  • Birth date: June 23, 1863
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Martin, Martha M. (Mary)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Maloney, Stephen (Steve)

  • Birth date: May 3, 1865
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Hay, Marion E.

  • Birth date: December 8, 1865
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Dugan, John

  • Birth date: January 1, 1866
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party, interested party

Sutton, Abraham L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1866
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

Martin, George

  • Birth date: September 1, 1866
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Uber, George

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Quinn, May (Mary)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: Ireland
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown, White
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Button, William F.

  • Birth date: March 31, 1869
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

Steiner, R. E. Lee

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party, authority ordering detention

Sewall, Russell Elgin

  • Birth date: September 26, 1870
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Van Winkle, Isaac Homer

  • Birth date: December 3, 1870
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Montgomery, George Clarence

  • Birth date: January 1, 1871
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Montgomery, Myra Bell

  • Birth date: April 1, 1873
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

West, Oswald

  • Birth date: May 20, 1873
  • Birth place: Canada
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Quinnett, Minnie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Estes, Elmer

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Mills, Viola

  • Birth date: January 1, 1875
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Vanderveer, George F. (George T. Vanderveer)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1875
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Langley, James Weston

  • Birth date: January 1, 1876
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, judge

Durham, Sylvia May (Silvey May Durham)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Sheldon, William Hallie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Emery, Charles D.

  • Birth date: May 16, 1878
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention

Lundvall, Ida

  • Birth date: January 1, 1879
  • Birth place: Astoria, Washington
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Stearns, Roy

  • Birth date: January 1, 1879
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Giles, Haeckel Humboldt (Baeckel Humboldt Giles)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Unknown
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Lundvall, Hilma

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Astoria, Washington
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound 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

Miller, Evelyn Estelle

  • Birth date: October 7, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Lovell, Maggie (Maggie McGee)

  • Birth date: December 25, 1881
  • Birth place: England
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Kendall, Robert L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent

Powers, Mary Alice

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Miller, Jessie M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Unknown
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Cline, Elnora

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Gielday, Naomi A.

  • Birth date: September 6, 1883
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Mann, Bessie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Dodd, Clara Blaire

  • Birth date: June 20, 1884
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Brown, George

  • Birth date: January 1, 1885
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Jamieson, William Nicholas (Jameson)

  • Birth date: November 12, 1885
  • Birth place: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Gates, Cassius E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Minnesota, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Dodd, Minnie Ray

  • Birth date: June 26, 1886
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Peterson, Mary (Mary Kresovich)

  • Birth date: August 16, 1886
  • Birth place: Istria, Austria
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Dodd, Rosa Allen

  • Birth date: November 15, 1886
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Ely, Maud

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
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