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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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5808 results

Kinney, Mary (Mary E. Kinney)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Massachusetts
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Noonan, Kittie F.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, holding party, respondent, responding party

Smith, Charles A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, holding party

Richter, William

  • Birth date: January 2, 1878
  • Birth place: Russia
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Russian
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

Watson, Edna M. (Gerould, Edna M. )

  • Birth date: March 1, 1878
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

McDevitt, Jr., Thomas B.

  • Birth date: March 23, 1878
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

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

Lundvall, Ida

  • Birth date: January 1, 1879
  • Birth place: Astoria, Washington
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Stearns, Roy

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

Morgan, Florence J. (Florence J. Wilson)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1879
  • Birth place: Minnesota
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Raney, Floyd

  • Birth date: May 1, 1879
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding 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

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

Hall, George

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

Kao, Wu (Ng Go)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: China
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian
  • Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party

McPhay, Perla

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Mississippi
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Interested party

Hahne, Elise M.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Iowa
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

McKay, Mary (Mamie Keevan or Mary Keevan)

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

Jackson, Samuel

  • Birth date: January 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Alaska, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Abeita, Vicente

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

Clifton Jr., Charles

  • Birth date: April 1, 1880
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Taylor, Gertie

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

Fukaye, Frank

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Japan
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

Curfman, Arthur F.

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

Curfman, Eveline W.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Swedish
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

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

Smith, Tessie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Lundvall, Hilma

  • Birth date: January 1, 1881
  • Birth place: Astoria, Washington
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Votaw, Heber Herbert

  • Birth date: March 3, 1881
  • Birth place: Ohio
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Responding party

McKelvie, Samuel Roy

  • Birth date: April 15, 1881
  • Birth place: United States, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Authority ordering detention

Walton, Lulu (Luly Stanley)

  • Birth date: May 5, 1881
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party

Richardson, William Ellis

  • Birth date: June 11, 1881
  • Birth place: Oregon, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, judge

Miller, Evelyn Estelle

  • Birth date: October 7, 1881
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Unknown
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Dore, John Francis

  • Birth date: December 11, 1881
  • Birth place: United States, Massachusetts
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner attorney

Lovell, Maggie (Maggie McGee)

  • Birth date: December 25, 1881
  • Birth place: England
  • Sex: Female
  • 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

Clifton, Roy (Royden A. Clifton)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Bound party

Johnson, Esther A.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Swedish
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

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

Manion, Bonnie

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Fukaye, nee Takana, Dina

  • Birth date: January 1, 1882
  • Birth place: Japan
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Asian
  • Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner

McShane, Jr., Felix J. (F. J.)

  • Birth date: July 10, 1882
  • Birth place: Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Holding party, responding party, respondent

Test, Fredrick C.

  • Birth date: October 4, 1882
  • Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska
  • Sex: Male
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Petosky, (Anna)

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

Clifton, Clarence

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

Switzer, Ervin E.

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

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

Watson, Myrtle

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

Gipson, Mamie S.

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Missouri
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: Black
  • Case role(s): Petitioner

Carsillo, Angeline (Sister Angelena)

  • Birth date: January 1, 1883
  • Birth place: Italy
  • Sex: Female
  • Race or ethnicity: White
  • Case role(s): Responding party, holding party, respondent
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