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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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Fukaye, Frank

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Japan
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Lundvall, Hilma

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

Clifton, Roy (Royden A. Clifton)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Fukaye, nee Takana, Dina

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Japan
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Clifton, Clarence

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

Switzer, Ervin E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Ubaldino, Vincenzo (Ubaldini; Jose Lombardo)

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

Watson, Myrtle

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

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

Oharra, Alma (Immaculate Deleurs)

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

Adams, Jennie Belle (Jennie Belle Scott)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • 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

Deles Dernier, Chester

  • Birth date: July 11, 1884
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Atherton, B.E. (Benjamin Earnest Atherton)

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

Abeita, Antonio

  • Birth date: January 1, 1885
  • Birth place: New Mexico
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • 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

Phillips, John

  • Birth date: January 1, 1885
  • Birth place: Virginia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Robinson, George G. P.

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

Suey, Lee

  • Birth date: January 30, 1885
  • Birth place: United States, Oregon
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Rasmus, Ella

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

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

Sturgeon, Zeta Myrtle

  • Birth date: January 1, 1887
  • Birth place: Washington
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • 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

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

Clarke, Holley Lyon

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

Reiter, Rosa

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

Mitchell, Florence May

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

Lacorte, Joe

  • Birth date: March 18, 1888
  • Birth place: Italy, Peglia, Italy
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Italian
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Coffman, Blanche A.

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

Fiandt, Jessie

  • Birth date: September 8, 1888
  • Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Martin, Hazel

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

Tsunetaro, Machida

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, 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

Griffin, Julia

  • Birth date: October 31, 1889
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Burress, Clarence J. (Buris)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

McClure, Iva

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Coffman, Olive W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Bevans, Gussie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: Wyoming
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Yamamoto, Junichi (Junichi Hiroshi)

  • Birth date: December 22, 1890
  • Birth place: Japan
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
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