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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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581 results

Quinn, May (Mary)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: Ireland
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown, White
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Martinez, Johana

  • Birth date: January 1, 1868
  • Birth place: Arizona
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous, White, Multiracial
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Snook, Herbert E.

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

Hogan, Victoria (Victoria Jessie Vanderwater)

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

Battin, John W.

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

Cramer, Emma

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

Armstrong, Mary Jane

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

Fiandt, Rhoda (Rhoda Sapp)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1869
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

McBride, Lillian

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

McBride, George

  • Birth date: January 1, 1869
  • Birth place: Ireland
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

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

Morrissey, Andrew Marcus

  • Birth date: December 27, 1869
  • Birth place: New York
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, chief justice

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

Martin, Carey F.

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

Nelson, Pearl

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

Bryant, Alice

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent

Cox, James Middleton

  • Birth date: March 31, 1870
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Lister, Ernest

  • Birth date: June 15, 1870
  • Birth place: England
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

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

Watson, Fred G.

  • Birth date: October 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

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

Thacker, Edward

  • Birth date: January 1, 1871
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

de Graff, Lawrence

  • Birth date: June 24, 1871
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Cannon, Anderson M.

  • Birth date: November 22, 1871
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

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

Nesladek, James

  • Birth date: January 1, 1872
  • Birth place: Bohemia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Olcott, Ben Wilson

  • Birth date: October 15, 1872
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, authority ordering detention

Turkington, Jennie (Jennie E. Turkington)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1873
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Pollard, Frances

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

Hahne, George W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1873
  • Birth place: Minnesota
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Fleharty, Harry B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1873
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Wilson, Oliver M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1873
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Woodrough, Joseph William

  • Birth date: August 29, 1873
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

Pollard, Charles

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

Petosky, Alex (Petoskey)

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

Davis, Carrie B.

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

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

Taylor, George

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

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

McNary, Charles Linza

  • Birth date: June 12, 1874
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney

Reiter, John

  • Birth date: August 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Kinney, John (John F. Kinney)

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

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

Moriarty, Margaret

  • Birth date: January 1, 1876
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Respondent

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
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