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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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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

Murphy, John Francis

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

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

Nesladek, Anna

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Bohemia
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

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

Whitney, John P. (John B. Whitney)

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

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

Lyell, Estella

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Rupert, Emma

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Germany
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): 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

Horrigan, Daniel H. (Daniel H. Harrigan)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Davis, Maggie M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1877
  • Birth place: Washington Territory
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Hyde, Arthur Mastick

  • Birth date: July 12, 1877
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

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

Powers, Joseph F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Kinney, Mary (Mary E. Kinney)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Massachusetts
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, 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

Smith, Charles A.

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

Watson, Edna M. (Gerould, Edna M. )

  • Birth date: March 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

McDevitt, Jr., Thomas B.

  • Birth date: March 23, 1878
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

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

Hahne, Elise M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

McKay, Mary (Mamie Keevan or Mary Keevan)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Washington Territory
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Clifton Jr., Charles

  • Birth date: April 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound 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, Arthur F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

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

McKelvie, Samuel Roy

  • Birth date: April 15, 1881
  • Birth place: United States, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Richardson, William Ellis

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

Dore, John Francis

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

Clifton, Roy (Royden A. Clifton)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound 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

Manion, Bonnie

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

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

Test, Fredrick C.

  • Birth date: October 4, 1882
  • Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Petosky, (Anna)

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

Clifton, Clarence

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

Watson, Myrtle

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

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

Pszanowski, John

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Polish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party
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