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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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Shotwell, Abel V.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney, responding party

Mossman, Harland L. (Harlan L. Mossman)

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

Oharra, Alma (Immaculate Deleurs)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Berger, Alta (Alta Burger)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Adams, Jennie Belle (Jennie Belle Scott)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

O’Sullivan, Eugene D. (E. D.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Berger, John M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Denmark
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner, respondent attorney

Shoenbrum, Sulton

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Hungary
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Lovely, William E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Bentley, Pearl Alma

  • Birth date: January 1, 1884
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Deles Dernier, Chester

  • Birth date: July 11, 1884
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Maurer, Julius

  • Birth date: September 25, 1884
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

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

Donohue, Frank

  • Birth date: January 1, 1885
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, petitioner

Uhling, Cassius M. (Uhlig)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1885
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Rosewater, Stanley M.

  • Birth date: June 24, 1885
  • Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Davis, Clarence W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Christy, Robert E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Pennsylvania
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Eshom, Leta

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Boler, Thomas D.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Rasmus, Ella

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

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

Donohue, Agnes

  • Birth date: January 1, 1886
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, petitioner

Wheeler, Mason

  • Birth date: April 16, 1886
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Flannagan, Edward (Rev. Father Edward Flannagan)

  • Birth date: July 13, 1886
  • Birth place: British Columbia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Harrison, Ellis M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1887
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Reilly, Martin D.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1887
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Britton, Alvira E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1887
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Gantz, Nora Leon

  • Birth date: January 1, 1887
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Sturgeon, Zeta Myrtle

  • Birth date: January 1, 1887
  • Birth place: Washington
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Harrison, Eileen M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Kansas, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Baldwin, John N. (John W.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Lane, Fred O.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Clarke, Holley Lyon

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Schiessl, Albert

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Robotham, Robert G.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Reiter, Rosa

  • Birth date: February 1, 1888
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Coffman, Blanche A.

  • Birth date: May 1, 1888
  • Birth place: California
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Fiandt, Jessie

  • Birth date: September 8, 1888
  • Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Rickard, Ray

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Day, L. B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge, authority ordering detention

Coffey, Raymond T. (R. T. Coffey)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Zerbst, Alma

  • Birth date: January 1, 1889
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White, German
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Griffin, Julia

  • Birth date: October 31, 1889
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Burress, Clarence J. (Buris)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

McClure, Iva

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: Kansas
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Finley, Belden

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Coffman, Olive W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Bevans, Gussie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: Wyoming
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Fee, James (Jr.)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1890
  • Birth place: Oregon
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
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