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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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McCon, William (McConn)

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

Edwards, Martha Adaline

  • Birth date: January 1, 1849
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Schuman, Jacob

  • Birth date: September 1, 1849
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • 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

Him, Chung (Jung Him)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1855
  • Birth place: China
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Chinese
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

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

Lung-Oh, Leo

  • Birth date: January 1, 1858
  • Birth place: China
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Chinese
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Kato, Gin

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Japan
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Sears, Willis G.

  • Birth date: August 16, 1860
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, bound party, authority ordering detention

Yam, Seid (Seid Yim)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: China
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Chinese
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Tinkham, William W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound 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

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

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

Sieck, Carston Hans

  • Birth date: August 10, 1863
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: German
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Vetter, Susannah

  • Birth date: January 1, 1864
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Martin, Martha M. (Mary)

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

Dugan, John

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

Porter, Garnett C.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Kentucky
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Uhling, Edith O. (Uhlig)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Uber, George

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

Martinez, Clara A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Arizona
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous, Multiracial, White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Martinez, Johana

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: Arizona
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous, White, Multiracial
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Armstrong, Mary Jane

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

McPhay, William (William Richards, Homer Walker)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1872
  • Birth place: Mississippi
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Montgomery, Myra Bell

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

Robinson, Lafayette K.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Virginia, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Petosky, Alex (Petoskey)

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

Reiter, John

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

Mills, Viola

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

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

Davis, Maggie M.

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

O'Dell, Pierce H. (Prince H. O'Dell)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: North Carolina
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Dachez, Henri (Henry Duchet/Chox)

  • Birth date: September 14, 1877
  • Birth place: Paris, France
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: French
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Abeita, Louis

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: New Mexico
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • 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

Richter, William

  • Birth date: January 2, 1878
  • Birth place: Russia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Russian
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

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

Hall, George

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

Kao, Wu (Ng Go)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: China
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

McKay, Mary (Mamie Keevan or Mary Keevan)

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

Jackson, Samuel

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Alaska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Abeita, Vicente

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

Clifton Jr., Charles

  • Birth date: April 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party
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