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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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Bird, Gustavus A. (G.A. Bird)

  • Birth date: June 15, 1789
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Glover, Samuel Taylor

  • Birth date: March 3, 1813
  • Birth place: Kentucky, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

George, Wyatt A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1819
  • Birth place: Indiana
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Richardson, John Crowley

  • Birth date: March 16, 1819
  • Birth place: Kentucky, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Simmons, Cyrenius Canfield

  • Birth date: March 19, 1819
  • Birth place: New York, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, petitioner attorney

Minor, Francis

  • Birth date: August 15, 1820
  • Birth place: Virginia, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Kribben, Christian

  • Birth date: January 1, 1821
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Reynolds, Thomas Caute

  • Birth date: October 11, 1821
  • Birth place: South Carolina, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Garesché, Peter Bauduy

  • Birth date: November 10, 1822
  • Birth place: Delaware, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Sapp, William Fletcher

  • Birth date: November 24, 1824
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Ferry, Elisha P.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1825
  • Birth place: Monroe County, Michigan
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention

Sharpstein, Ben L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1828
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

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

Burke, Patrick Emmet

  • Birth date: January 1, 1830
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Voullaire, Seymour

  • Birth date: January 1, 1832
  • Birth place: Guadeloupe
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Caton, Nathan Thomas (Caten)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1833
  • Birth place: Maine
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Chandler, George

  • Birth date: January 6, 1835
  • Birth place: Vermont, United States
  • Sex: Unknown
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Struve, Henry G.

  • Birth date: November 17, 1836
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner

Ross, E. C.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1838
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Judson, John Paul

  • Birth date: May 6, 1840
  • Birth place: Prussia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Greene, Roger Sherman

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

Sawyer, Andrew J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1844
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, petitioner

Thompson, George T.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1846
  • Birth place: Ireland
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Irish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Cowin, John C.

  • Birth date: January 11, 1846
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Connell, William J.

  • Birth date: July 6, 1846
  • Birth place: Canada
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Estelle, Lee S.

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

Collier, Needham C.

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

Shepard, Charles E.

  • Birth date: March 1, 1848
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

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

Bignold, Lewis B.

  • Birth date: February 17, 1851
  • Birth place: England
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, English
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Holman, Glenn O.

  • Birth date: May 1, 1852
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Kaiser, William Marion

  • Birth date: February 10, 1853
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

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

Robbins, Silas

  • Birth date: February 14, 1854
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

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

Godman, Melvin M.

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

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

Fee, James (Sr.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Crow, Joseph

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Indiana
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Ritchie, Albert S. (Richie)

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

Gilman, Luthene Claremont (L. C.)

  • Birth date: January 28, 1857
  • Birth place: United States, Maine
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

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

Richardson, Samuel Thurston

  • Birth date: July 8, 1857
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Wiley, John

  • Birth date: October 22, 1857
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Giltner, Roscoe Rush

  • Birth date: October 25, 1857
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Burleigh, Andrew Faulk

  • Birth date: January 7, 1858
  • Birth place: United States, Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Kretsinger, E. O.

  • Birth date: July 3, 1858
  • Birth place: Virginia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Ballinger, Richard A.

  • Birth date: July 9, 1858
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Slater, Woodson Taylor

  • Birth date: November 18, 1858
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
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