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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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4268 results

Coad, Edward F.

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

Godman, Melvin M.

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

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

Yates, Milo

  • Birth date: July 17, 1856
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Rasmus, Henry

  • Birth date: August 8, 1856
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

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

Sigman, William

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

Fee, James (Sr.)

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

Wood, H. E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Crow, Joseph

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

Mullins, Ella T.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Irish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Teter, Harvey (Howard)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Carr, Samuel L.

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

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

Dempsey, Michael F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent, respondent attorney

Farrell, Cornelius

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Irish
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

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

Ross, Loretta (née Durbin)

  • Birth date: November 17, 1857
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Doyle, Dora

  • Birth date: January 1, 1858
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Lung-Oh, Leo

  • Birth date: January 1, 1858
  • Birth place: China
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Chinese
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Coffman, Samuel J.

  • Birth date: March 1, 1858
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Yates, Arizona J. (Arizona Roger)

  • Birth date: July 6, 1858
  • Birth place: Virginia
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent, responding party

Zehrung, Frank Connell

  • Birth date: October 7, 1858
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Slater, Woodson Taylor

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

Roberts, William A.

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

Eberstein, Marshall

  • Birth date: January 1, 1859
  • Birth place: Michigan
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party, authority ordering detention

Holz, Adolph

  • Birth date: January 1, 1859
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: German
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Gilliam, Mitchell

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

Crowder, Enoch Herbert

  • Birth date: April 11, 1859
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Graves, Frank H.

  • Birth date: June 15, 1859
  • Birth place: United States, Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Evers, Christ (Christian Evers)

  • Birth date: August 1, 1859
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

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

Hume, Leuvica

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Washington Territory
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Lemke, William

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

Teter, Laura

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Birby, F.A. (F.A. Bixby)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Kato, Gin

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Japan
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

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

Guthmann, Anna

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Wisconsin, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent

Yam, Seid (Seid Yim)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: China
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Chinese
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Tinkham, William W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Bishop, John S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: New York, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, petitioner attorney

Birby, Lou (Lucy Jane Bixby)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent

Marshall, Mary

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner
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