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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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Carr, William C.

  • Birth date: April 15, 1783
  • Birth place: Virginia, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, authority ordering detention

Oliphant, Ethelbert Pendleton (Patterson)

  • Birth date: October 4, 1803
  • Birth place: Fayette County, Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Olney, Cyrus

  • Birth date: October 11, 1815
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Boise, Reuben Patrick

  • Birth date: June 9, 1818
  • Birth place: Massachusetts, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Peebles, John Cannon

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

Jacobs, Orange

  • Birth date: May 2, 1827
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, authority ordering detention

Wyche, James E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1828
  • Birth place: Mississippi
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Wingard, Samuel C.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1828
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Breckinridge, Samuel Miller

  • Birth date: November 3, 1828
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, petitioner attorney, judge

Lewis, Joseph R.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1830
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, authority ordering detention

Dundy, Sr., Elmer Scipio

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

Langford, William G.

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

Weiss, August

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

Greene, Roger Sherman

  • Birth date: December 14, 1840
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney

Hoyt, John Philo

  • Birth date: October 6, 1841
  • Birth place: United States, Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

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

Lichtenberg, Isaac J. (Charles Westerfield)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1845
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

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

Allyn, Frank

  • Birth date: August 27, 1846
  • Birth place: Keokuk, Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Estelle, Lee S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1847
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney

Colby, Leonard W. (L.W. Colby)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1847
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, judge, petitioner attorney

Fleming, James H.

  • Birth date: April 3, 1847
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Baily, Jacob

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

Hanford, Cornelius Holgate

  • Birth date: April 21, 1849
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Turner, George M.

  • Birth date: February 25, 1850
  • Birth place: United States, Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Trieber, Jacob

  • Birth date: October 6, 1853
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Jewish
  • Case role(s): Judge

Thompson, Will H. (William Henry Thompson)

  • Birth date: December 14, 1853
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

Troupe, A. C. (Troup)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1854
  • Birth place: Saratoga, NY
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Scottish
  • Case role(s): Judge

Ronald, James Theodore

  • Birth date: April 8, 1855
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention

McAllister Jr., Ward

  • Birth date: June 27, 1855
  • Birth place: Newport, RI
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Wakeley, Arthur C.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1856
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Coad, Edward F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1856
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Frater, Archibald Wanless

  • Birth date: April 20, 1856
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Evans, Robert E.

  • Birth date: July 15, 1856
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Slabaugh, Willard. W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Roberts, William A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1859
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Gilliam, Mitchell

  • Birth date: April 1, 1859
  • Birth place: Oregon
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, judge

Day, George A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

Redick, William A.

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

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

Donworth, George H.

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

Neterer, Jeremiah

  • Birth date: January 24, 1862
  • Birth place: United States, Indiana
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney

Goss, Charles A.

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

Good, Edward E.

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

Morning, William McClellen

  • Birth date: June 23, 1863
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Holmes, George

  • Birth date: January 1, 1864
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Police magistrate, authority ordering detention, judge

Cushman, Edward E.

  • Birth date: November 26, 1865
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney

Sutton, Abraham L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1866
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

Leslie, Charles

  • Birth date: September 24, 1867
  • Birth place: Lafayette County, Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Button, William F.

  • Birth date: March 31, 1869
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge
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