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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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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

Sawtell, Fred E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1854
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent

Sawyer, Andrew J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1844
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, petitioner

Davis, Clarence W.

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

Watson, Fred G.

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

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

Stull, John S.

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Parker, James Allison

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Seeley, William G.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1856
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Clarke, Caryl Chapin

  • Birth date: January 1, 1899
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Michael

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black, Colored
  • Case role(s): Bound party, 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

Bryan, Charles Wayland

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

Yates, Milo

  • Birth date: July 17, 1856
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Halsey, Walter N.

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

Singleton, John

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: United States, Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Man of Color
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Graves, Frank H.

  • Birth date: June 15, 1859
  • Birth place: United States, Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

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

Davis, Carrie B.

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

Sherry, Joseph

  • Birth date: January 1, 1893
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Irish
  • 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

Teter, Laura

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Waughop, John Wesley

  • Birth date: October 22, 1839
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • 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

Teter, Harvey (Howard)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Fleming, James H.

  • Birth date: April 3, 1847
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Steen, Richard Perry

  • Birth date: January 1, 1840
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Brandt, Frank

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

Small, Lennington (Len)

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

Mahala

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Button, William F.

  • Birth date: March 31, 1869
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Judge

Scheiber, Edward

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Birby, Lou (Lucy Jane Bixby)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent

Fleharty, Harry B.

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

Clarke, William George

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

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

Aspasia

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Switzer, Anvern J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1852
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • 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

Dunn, Henry

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

Mettaner, Eliza

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Birby, F.A. (F.A. Bixby)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1860
  • Birth place: Illinois
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Wilson, Oliver M.

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

Donohue, Agnes

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

Bryant, Alice

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