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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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Morley, Edith

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

Lee, Lillian

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

Hascall, Vincent C.

  • Birth date: January 19, 1888
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Justice of the peace, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention, respondent attorney

Mitchell, Florence May

  • Birth date: February 19, 1888
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Martin, Hazel

  • Birth date: December 4, 1888
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Calhoun, Mollie A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Goldsborough, Claude

  • Birth date: March 10, 1889
  • Birth place: Springfield, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Tinsley, Florence

  • Birth date: October 24, 1889
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Scott, H.S. (Sherry Scott)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1891
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Graham, Gertrude

  • Birth date: January 1, 1892
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Paine, Katie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1892
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Dee, Harry

  • Birth date: January 1, 1893
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

McGilchrist, Millar E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1893
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Barnes, Clara

  • Birth date: February 10, 1893
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Anderton, Albert L.

  • Birth date: March 15, 1893
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Holton, Margaret

  • Birth date: January 1, 1894
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

McCormick, Irma A. (McCormack)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1895
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Tubbs, Nellie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1895
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Dodd, Marvel

  • Birth date: January 17, 1895
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Gross, Walter

  • Birth date: January 1, 1896
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Oswald, Richard

  • Birth date: January 1, 1896
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Risch, Georgia A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1896
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent

Cummings, Iona

  • Birth date: January 1, 1896
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Christner, Loy Willmer

  • Birth date: January 1, 1896
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Mahone, Luther Dolliver

  • Birth date: January 1, 1896
  • Birth place: West Virginia, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Keller, Evangeline

  • Birth date: January 1, 1897
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Tubbs, Beatrice

  • Birth date: January 1, 1897
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Daniels, Nola

  • Birth date: January 1, 1897
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Interested party

La Grand, Virgie (Vergie LeGrand)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1898
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Volwiler, Robert

  • Birth date: January 1, 1899
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Fuson, Gladys Fredrika (née Hauck or Hawk)

  • Birth date: September 8, 1899
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Heron, Clifford

  • Birth date: January 1, 1900
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Gross, Edna

  • Birth date: January 1, 1900
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Cowing, Warren B. (Junior)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1900
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Cooper, Kenneth (Albert Silas)

  • Birth date: February 1, 1900
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Wassgren, Loyd

  • Birth date: July 31, 1900
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Rogers, J.H. (John Rogers)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1901
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Volwiler, Lillian

  • Birth date: January 1, 1901
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Richter, Helena

  • Birth date: February 5, 1901
  • Birth place: Canada
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Titus, Carson (Carlson)

  • Birth date: November 29, 1901
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Christner, Mona Marie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1902
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Martin, Earl S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1902
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Cheshire, Constance

  • Birth date: August 1, 1902
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Ziegler, William (Zeigler)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1903
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Smith, Edna M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1903
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Sullivan, Edna

  • Birth date: January 1, 1903
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Matthews, Marion Stoddert

  • Birth date: January 1, 1903
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Toman, Eddie

  • Birth date: February 12, 1903
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Warner, Floyd

  • Birth date: January 1, 1904
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown, White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Nesladek, William

  • Birth date: January 1, 1904
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown, White
  • Case role(s): Bound party
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