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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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Bird, Gustavus A. (G.A. Bird)

  • Birth date: June 15, 1789
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Wilson, Mary

  • Birth date: January 1, 1819
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Multiracial, Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

LaMaster, Milton

  • Birth date: January 1, 1828
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Burke, Patrick Emmet

  • Birth date: January 1, 1830
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Ahren, Philip

  • Birth date: January 1, 1832
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Kirk, George Washington (George Washington Kerr)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1834
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Multiracial, Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Harris, Coley A. D. (Chloe Ann Harris)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1834
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Marshall, Adam

  • Birth date: January 1, 1834
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Autle, Francis F. (Francis M.)

  • Birth date: January 29, 1834
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Davis, James Harvey

  • Birth date: January 19, 1835
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Stall, Henry M.

  • Birth date: August 31, 1836
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Marsden, Horatio Napoleon

  • Birth date: January 1, 1837
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Gallivan, Timothy

  • Birth date: December 22, 1837
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Ma-shud-da-de (Feather Crazy)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1838
  • Birth place: Unknown, Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Halpin, Bridgett (Halfpeney)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1841
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Tully, Alice

  • Birth date: September 20, 1841
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Parkinson, William M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1843
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Krause, Augusta

  • Birth date: January 1, 1844
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Lunkin, George W.

  • Birth date: August 1, 1844
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Nancy, Abner S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1845
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Medford, John

  • Birth date: January 1, 1845
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Eastwick, Euphemia M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1845
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Vanhorn, Frances

  • Birth date: November 11, 1847
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

McCon, William (McConn)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1849
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Derrick, Louisa Jane

  • Birth date: January 1, 1852
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Cline, Moses Brown (BM, Moses)

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

Ryan, John

  • Birth date: June 1, 1855
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Sigman, William

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

Blevins, Henry C.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Overnell, Thomas Nelson

  • Birth date: August 1, 1861
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Cline, Ella (Ella Dickey)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Responding party

Blevins, John A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1862
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Wells, Martha (Maty, Matty, Mattie)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1863
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Martin, Martha M. (Mary)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1865
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Dugan, John

  • Birth date: January 1, 1866
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party, interested party

Martin, George

  • Birth date: September 1, 1866
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Horton, Richard S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: United States, Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Martin, Carey F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1870
  • Birth place: Unknown, Oregon
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Montgomery, George Clarence

  • Birth date: January 1, 1871
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Montgomery, Myra Bell

  • Birth date: April 1, 1873
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Quinnett, Minnie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Estes, Elmer

  • Birth date: January 1, 1874
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Mills, Viola

  • Birth date: January 1, 1875
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Durham, Sylvia May (Silvey May Durham)

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

Sheldon, William Hallie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Emery, Charles D.

  • Birth date: May 16, 1878
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention

Giles, Haeckel Humboldt (Baeckel Humboldt Giles)

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

Kendall, Robert L.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent

Ubaldino, Vincenzo (Ubaldini; Jose Lombardo)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Unknown
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Italian
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Powers, Mary Alice

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