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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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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

Yow, Yut (Ah Sing)

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

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

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

Williams, Joseph

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

Wheeler, Mason

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

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

Wah, Ham Hung

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: United States, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian, Chinese
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Van Winkle, Isaac Homer

  • Birth date: December 3, 1870
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney

Uber, George

  • Birth date: January 1, 1867
  • Birth place: Missouri, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Turner, George M.

  • Birth date: February 25, 1850
  • Birth place: United States, Missouri
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Turley, George W.

  • Birth date: October 1, 1829
  • Birth place: Virginia, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Treichel, Arthur

  • Birth date: December 25, 1917
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Todd, John Blair Smith

  • Birth date: April 4, 1814
  • Birth place: Kentucky, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Titus, Marianne (Mary Ann)

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

Titus, Lydia

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

Switzer, Ervin E.

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

Switzer, Anvern J.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1852
  • Birth place: Illinois, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Suey, Lee

  • Birth date: January 30, 1885
  • Birth place: United States, Oregon
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Stull, John S.

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

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

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

Steiner, R. E. Lee

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party, authority ordering detention

Stearns, Roy

  • Birth date: January 1, 1879
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Speaks, Mary Ann

  • Birth date: N.D.
  • Birth place: Virginia, District of Columbia, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Smith, Mary Logan

  • Birth date: April 8, 1792
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Smith, Frank

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

Slater, Woodson Taylor

  • Birth date: November 18, 1858
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Slabaugh, Willard. W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge, petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Skutt, C. W.

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

Simmons, Cyrenius Canfield

  • Birth date: March 19, 1819
  • Birth place: New York, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, petitioner attorney

Shelton, Josephine (Josephine Matlock)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1908
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Sewall, Russell Elgin

  • Birth date: September 26, 1870
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

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

Seeley, Gean Lucille (Jean)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1912
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

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

Scruggs, Amos P.

  • Birth date: January 16, 1895
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Schooner, Elihu (Eli Schooner)

  • Birth date: December 1, 1832
  • Birth place: Ohio, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Multiracial, Indigenous, Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Scheiber, Edward

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

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

Ross, Loretta (née Durbin)

  • Birth date: November 17, 1857
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • 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

Robotham, Nina Pearl

  • Birth date: January 1, 1909
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party, 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

Robinson, Lafayette K.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Virginia, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Roberts, William A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1859
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Judge

Ritchie, Albert S. (Richie)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1857
  • Birth place: United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney

Riley, Adam

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

Ricketts, Matthew Oliver

  • Birth date: April 3, 1853
  • Birth place: Kentucky, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner
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