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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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Clayton, Sherman

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent

Carter, May

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Cramer, Emma

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: Sweden
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Crandall, Winnie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1869
  • Birth place: Michigan
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Codding, Charles H.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1869
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Daniels, Lila

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

Clark, Michael L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Steiner, R. E. Lee

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party, authority ordering detention

Nelson, Pearl

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Denmark
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Danish
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party

Coffman, India A.

  • Birth date: September 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Manion, John J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1871
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Dunn, John T. (John J. Dunn)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1872
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, respondent, holding party, responding party

Pollard, Frances

  • Birth date: January 1, 1873
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Pollard, Charles

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Quinnett, Minnie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Green, Edgar B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Dykeman, King

  • Birth date: May 15, 1874
  • Birth place: New Brunswick, Canada
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, respondent, responding party, judge

Murray, Thomas B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1875
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney, responding party

Noonan, Marie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1875
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Codding, Elizabeth A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1876
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Borsheim, Alice Annette

  • Birth date: January 1, 1876
  • Birth place: Maryland
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent, responding party

Blair, Albert A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1876
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Worley, Katherine F.

  • Birth date: October 12, 1876
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Rupert, Henry

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Van Duesen, Charles H. (Van Deusen)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent

Rettagliata, Johanna (Mother Superior)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Italy
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Manning, Ernest T. (Ernest C.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, authority ordering detention, holding party

Bannick, Claude George (Claud)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Responding party, respondent, holding party

Teter, Willard S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Becker, Emma

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Smith, Henry

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: West Virginia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Noonan, Kittie F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, holding party, respondent, responding party

Morgan, Florence J. (Florence J. Wilson)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1879
  • Birth place: Minnesota
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Raney, Floyd

  • Birth date: May 1, 1879
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Stewart, Samuel J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Taylor, Gertie

  • Birth date: October 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent, responding party

Curfman, Eveline W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Swedish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Robotham, Minnie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Smith, Tessie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Votaw, Heber Herbert

  • Birth date: March 3, 1881
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Responding party

Walton, Lulu (Luly Stanley)

  • Birth date: May 5, 1881
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Stewart, May L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

McShane, Jr., Felix J. (F. J.)

  • Birth date: July 10, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, responding party, respondent

Carsillo, Angeline (Sister Angelena)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Italy
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent

Shotwell, Abel V.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney, responding party

Berger, Alta (Alta Burger)

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

Maurer, Julius

  • Birth date: September 25, 1884
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Donohue, Frank

  • Birth date: January 1, 1885
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, petitioner

Uhling, Cassius M. (Uhlig)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1885
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Donohue, Agnes

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, petitioner
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