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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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Pickard, Leonard

  • Birth date: January 1, 1918
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Harrison, Grace E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1914
  • Birth place: North Dakota, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Harrison, Margaret E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1911
  • Birth place: North Dakota, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Manion, Howard

  • Birth date: October 1, 1907
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Kendall Jr., Robert L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1907
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Manion, Lera

  • Birth date: January 1, 1905
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Rogers, J.H. (John Rogers)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1901
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Wassgren, Loyd

  • Birth date: July 31, 1900
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Allen, Jr., Jay Cooke

  • Birth date: July 7, 1900
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Buras, Tom

  • Birth date: January 1, 1900
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Polish
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Cowing, Warren B. (Junior)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1900
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Cramer, Clarence

  • Birth date: January 1, 1900
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Hurt, Nellie E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1898
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Cramer, Willie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1897
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Cramer, Eddy

  • Birth date: January 1, 1895
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Kolmitz, Charlotte M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1895
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Jewish, White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, responding party

Holton, Margaret

  • Birth date: January 1, 1894
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Scott, H.S. (Sherry Scott)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1891
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Martin, Hazel

  • Birth date: December 4, 1888
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Gates, Cassius E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Minnesota, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Beal, Henry J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention

Atherton, B.E. (Benjamin Earnest Atherton)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1885
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Petosky, (Anna)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Switzer, Ervin E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Dore, John Francis

  • Birth date: December 11, 1881
  • Birth place: United States, Massachusetts
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Jackson, Samuel

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Alaska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

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

Murphy, John Francis

  • Birth date: October 10, 1876
  • Birth place: Maine
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Langley, James Weston

  • Birth date: January 1, 1876
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, judge

Vanderveer, George F. (George T. Vanderveer)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1875
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Robinson, Lafayette K.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Virginia, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Petosky, Alex (Petoskey)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound 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

Horton, Richard S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: United States, Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Primo, Laura (Primeau)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1869
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Revelle, Thomas P.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: United States, Maryland
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Snook, Herbert E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Porter, Garnett C.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Kentucky
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Clayton, Sherman

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

Sutton, Abraham L.

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

Wiestling, Frank Beecher

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

Oo-Mod-ah (Good Provision)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Neterer, Jeremiah

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

Day, George A.

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

Gilliam, Mitchell

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

Piles, Samuel Henry

  • Birth date: December 28, 1858
  • Birth place: California, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • 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

Kretsinger, E. O.

  • Birth date: July 3, 1858
  • Birth place: Virginia
  • 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
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