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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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Zerbst, Alma

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Worley, Katherine F.

  • Birth date: October 12, 1876
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Wilson, Oliver Perry

  • Birth date: January 1, 1909
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Whitney, Mary Irene

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

Whitney, John P. (John B. Whitney)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Wheeler, Mason

  • Birth date: April 16, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Watson, Russell G.

  • Birth date: February 1, 1898
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Watson, Edna M. (Gerould, Edna M. )

  • Birth date: March 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Van Duesen, Charles H. (Van Deusen)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent

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

Thacker, Addie

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

Ta-xha-but (Buffalo Chip)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1832
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Tarrant, George A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Tarrant, Eva

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

Ta-nich-ing-ah (Little Buffalo Woman)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1847
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound 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

Smith, Tessie

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

Smith, Delbert Dean

  • Birth date: January 8, 1921
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Smith, Charles A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Siefken, Kennard

  • Birth date: January 1, 1914
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Siefken, Ethel

  • Birth date: January 1, 1894
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Siefken, Elmo

  • Birth date: January 1, 1912
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Shan-gu-e-he-zhe (Yellow Horse)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1838
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Seward, Bernard

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

Seeley, Gean Lucille (Jean)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1912
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Schiessl, Wilma

  • Birth date: January 1, 1912
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Schiessl, Albert

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Rupert, Clarence

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

Robotham, Robert G.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Robotham, Nina Pearl

  • Birth date: January 1, 1909
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Robotham, Minnie

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

Reiter, Rosa

  • Birth date: February 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Reiter, Lillie

  • Birth date: June 1, 1895
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Reiter, John

  • Birth date: August 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Reiter, Hermann Jr.

  • Birth date: July 1, 1892
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Reilly, Martin D.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1887
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Reilly, Elizabeth

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Redick, William A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Redick, Charles R.

  • Birth date: April 13, 1857
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner, bound party

Rasmus, Ella

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

Purdy, Margaret

  • Birth date: January 1, 1897
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Primo, Susette (Zazette Primeau)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1837
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Primo, Laura (Primeau)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1869
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Prey, Samuel T.

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

Powers, Joseph F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Pollard, Frances

  • Birth date: January 1, 1873
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Pollard, Charles

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

Pickard, Leonard

  • Birth date: January 1, 1918
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Pickard, Aubrey

  • Birth date: January 1, 1899
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Oo-Mod-ah (Good Provision)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
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