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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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LaVonne, Virginia May

  • Birth date: August 28, 1918
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Warner, Donald

  • Birth date: January 1, 1905
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Warner, Floyd

  • Birth date: January 1, 1904
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown, White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Kinney, John (John F. Kinney Jr., Frank Kinney)

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

Borsheim, Helen Fanning

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

Taylor, Raymond

  • Birth date: October 1, 1898
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

MacVeigh, J. Gerald

  • Birth date: January 1, 1895
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner

Burger, Joseph O.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1894
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner

Griffin, Julia

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

Britton, Alvira E.

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

Donohue, Frank

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

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

Curfman, Arthur F.

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

Taylor, Gertie

  • Birth date: October 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, respondent, responding 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

Raney, Floyd

  • Birth date: May 1, 1879
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • 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

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

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

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

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

Taylor, George

  • Birth date: April 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • 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

Turkington, Jennie (Jennie E. Turkington)

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

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

Thacker, Edward

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

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

Fiandt, Rhoda (Rhoda Sapp)

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

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

Cushman, Edward E.

  • Birth date: November 26, 1865
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, respondent attorney

Dodder, Sarah Elizabeth

  • Birth date: November 15, 1865
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent

Good, Edward E.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Gregory, Sarah B.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Marshall, Mary

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Sawtell, Mary A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent

Seeley, Della (Mrs. W. G. Seeley)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Day, George A.

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

Zehrung, Frank Connell

  • Birth date: October 7, 1858
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Ballinger, Richard A.

  • Birth date: July 9, 1858
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Doyle, Dora

  • Birth date: January 1, 1858
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Wiley, John

  • Birth date: October 22, 1857
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Mullins, Ella T.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Irish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party

Coad, Edward F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1856
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Miller, Clara

  • Birth date: August 1, 1852
  • Birth place: Iowa, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Griffin, Dennis

  • Birth date: January 1, 1848
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Tharpe, Irena

  • Birth date: May 1, 1845
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
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