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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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Simmons, Cyrenius Canfield

  • Birth date: March 19, 1819
  • Birth place: New York, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, petitioner attorney

Kribben, Christian

  • Birth date: January 1, 1821
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Peebles, John Cannon

  • Birth date: January 3, 1826
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

LaMaster, Milton

  • Birth date: January 1, 1828
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Hamilton, Leuvica O.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1830
  • Birth place: Kentucky
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Dundy, Sr., Elmer Scipio

  • Birth date: March 5, 1830
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

Ahren, Philip

  • Birth date: January 1, 1832
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Autle, Francis F. (Francis M.)

  • Birth date: January 29, 1834
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Lowry, Philip

  • Birth date: March 3, 1834
  • Birth place: Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Langford, William G.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1835
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

Chandler, George

  • Birth date: January 6, 1835
  • Birth place: Vermont, United States
  • Sex: Unknown
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Davis, James Harvey

  • Birth date: January 19, 1835
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Leonari, Henry Joseph

  • Birth date: June 3, 1835
  • Birth place: New York, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Stall, Henry M.

  • Birth date: August 31, 1836
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Dowd, Owen

  • Birth date: September 29, 1836
  • Birth place: Ireland
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Marsden, Horatio Napoleon

  • Birth date: January 1, 1837
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Ryan, William

  • Birth date: May 1, 1837
  • Birth place: Ireland
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Gallivan, Timothy

  • Birth date: December 22, 1837
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Weiss, August

  • Birth date: February 28, 1838
  • Birth place: Prussia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

Halpin, Bridgett (Halfpeney)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1841
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Church, Martha (Martha Wright)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1841
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Tully, Alice

  • Birth date: September 20, 1841
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Bowen, Adna H.

  • Birth date: July 21, 1842
  • Birth place: Michigan, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, judge

Parkinson, William M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1843
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Sawyer, Andrew J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1844
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, petitioner

Krause, Augusta

  • Birth date: January 1, 1844
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Lunkin, George W.

  • Birth date: August 1, 1844
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Nancy, Abner S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1845
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Eastwick, Euphemia M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1845
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Hopewell, Melville Reeves (M. R.)

  • Birth date: March 27, 1845
  • Birth place: Indiana, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

Cowin, John C.

  • Birth date: January 11, 1846
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Connell, William J.

  • Birth date: July 6, 1846
  • Birth place: Canada
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Baily, Jacob

  • Birth date: September 5, 1847
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

Vanhorn, Frances

  • Birth date: November 11, 1847
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

McCon, William (McConn)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1849
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Derrick, Louisa Jane

  • Birth date: January 1, 1852
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Ryan, John

  • Birth date: June 1, 1855
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Yates, Milo

  • Birth date: July 17, 1856
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Dempsey, Michael F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent, respondent attorney

Wiley, John

  • Birth date: October 22, 1857
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Ross, Loretta (née Durbin)

  • Birth date: November 17, 1857
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Burleigh, Andrew Faulk

  • Birth date: January 7, 1858
  • Birth place: United States, Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Yates, Arizona J. (Arizona Roger)

  • Birth date: July 6, 1858
  • Birth place: Virginia
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent, responding party

Piles, Samuel Henry

  • Birth date: December 28, 1858
  • Birth place: California, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Crowder, Enoch Herbert

  • Birth date: April 11, 1859
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Hume, Leuvica

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Washington Territory
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Blevins, Henry C.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Overnell, Thomas Nelson

  • Birth date: August 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Donworth, George H.

  • Birth date: November 26, 1861
  • Birth place: Maine
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

Morehead, John Henry

  • Birth date: December 3, 1861
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention
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