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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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Warner, Donald

  • Birth date: January 1, 1905
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Kinney, Margaret

  • Birth date: January 1, 1905
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Brookfield, Edna

  • Birth date: January 1, 1905
  • Birth place: South Dakota
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Krim, Anna

  • Birth date: February 18, 1905
  • Birth place: Washington
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Ells, Theo Virginia

  • Birth date: August 1, 1905
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Little, Harry

  • Birth date: January 1, 1906
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Thomas, Mary A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1906
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

O'Grady, Myrtle

  • Birth date: January 8, 1906
  • Birth place: Washington, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Nelson, Delloris

  • Birth date: August 7, 1906
  • Birth place: Alaska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Sullivan, Geraldine

  • Birth date: January 1, 1907
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Bassett, Alma May

  • Birth date: January 1, 1907
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Kendall Jr., Robert L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1907
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Gregory, Wade

  • Birth date: January 1, 1907
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Hills, Ferne

  • Birth date: February 1, 1907
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Teter, Lester William

  • Birth date: March 8, 1907
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Manion, Howard

  • Birth date: October 1, 1907
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

McCaustland, Harry (Harry Murray McCausland)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1908
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Shelton, Josephine (Josephine Matlock)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1908
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Wilson, Addaline A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1908
  • Birth place: Washington
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Curfman, Walter F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1908
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Godden, Howard Edward (Horace E. Godden)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1908
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Gieselman, Esther

  • Birth date: January 1, 1908
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Walton, McKinley (Henry Walton)

  • Birth date: September 19, 1908
  • Birth place: St. Joseph, Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

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

Christy, Ruth

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

Lane, Frances

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

Wilson, Oliver Perry

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

Finley, Verne A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1910
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Anderson, Cecil

  • Birth date: January 1, 1910
  • Birth place: Kansas, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Harrison, Margaret E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1911
  • Birth place: North Dakota, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Matthews, Frances Key

  • Birth date: January 1, 1911
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Lemke, Paul

  • Birth date: January 1, 1911
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Hauser, Katherine M.

  • Birth date: August 20, 1911
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • 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

Siefken, Elmo

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

Green, Richard Lloyd

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

Coliginna, Vincenssina (Vincenzzina Coliano/Colanne)

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

Risch, Henry LaVerne

  • Birth date: January 1, 1912
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • 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

Kimmel, Joseph Raymond

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

Kinnison, Verne

  • Birth date: January 1, 1913
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Desch, Margaret L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1913
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Siefken, Kennard

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

Harrison, Grace E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1914
  • Birth place: North Dakota, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Jones, Ray

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

Rickard, Dorothy Ruth

  • Birth date: April 1, 1914
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Test, Jo Janelene

  • Birth date: May 28, 1914
  • Birth place: Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Maurer, Marion Lavonne

  • Birth date: August 7, 1914
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Hurt, June Lucile

  • Birth date: January 1, 1915
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

(Baby Norland; Jack Moriarty)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1915
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party
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