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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

Sawtell, Mary A.

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

Seeley, Della (Mrs. W. G. Seeley)

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

Donworth, George H.

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

Morehead, John Henry

  • Birth date: December 3, 1861
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Mead, Albert E. (Elbert)

  • Birth date: December 14, 1861
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Gregory, Sarah B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Cline, Ella (Ella Dickey)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Responding party

Sorensen, Mrs. Stina (Steine Sorensen)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Denmark
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Danish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party

Reilly, Elizabeth

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Dunn, Henry

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, responding party, respondent

Columbia, Jennie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Neterer, Jeremiah

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

Small, Lennington (Len)

  • Birth date: June 16, 1862
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Burtenshaw, Luther L.

  • Birth date: November 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Dunn, Henry W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, responding party, respondent

Daniels, Ed

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, responding party

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

Tarrant, George A.

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

Good, Edward E.

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

Reiter, Johanna

  • Birth date: April 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Kappeln, Germany
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Deneen, Charles Samuel

  • Birth date: May 4, 1863
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

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

Sieck, Carston Hans

  • Birth date: August 10, 1863
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: German
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Greene, Robert J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1864
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Halsey, Walter N.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1864
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party

Brandt, Frank

  • Birth date: January 1, 1864
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Hajek, Joseph

  • Birth date: January 1, 1864
  • Birth place: Bohemia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Czech
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

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

Carter, Jesse

  • Birth date: January 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Jackson, Etta

  • Birth date: January 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Kentucky
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Williams, Elisabeth S. (Elizabeth)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German, Swiss
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Bevans, Frank G.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Minnesota
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Buras, Joseph (Josef)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Poland
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Polish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Bryant, Stephen W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent

Wiestling, Frank Beecher

  • Birth date: April 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Maloney, Stephen (Steve)

  • Birth date: May 3, 1865
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Warner, Fred Maltby

  • Birth date: July 21, 1865
  • Birth place: England
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Reiter, Hermann

  • Birth date: November 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Roggendorf, Austria
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Dodder, Sarah Elizabeth

  • Birth date: November 15, 1865
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent

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

Hay, Marion E.

  • Birth date: December 8, 1865
  • Birth place: Wisconsin
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Dugan, John

  • Birth date: January 1, 1866
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party, interested party

Sutton, Abraham L.

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

Johnson, Hiram W.

  • Birth date: September 2, 1866
  • Birth place: California
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Clayton, Sherman

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

Uber, George

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Mazzine, Theodore

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Italy
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Italian, White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

McNary, John Hugh

  • Birth date: January 31, 1867
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Bryan, Charles Wayland

  • Birth date: February 10, 1867
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Leslie, Charles

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