Thomas Rogers Shearon (April 1825 – August 1887) was an American politician. Shearon was born in Alabama in April 1825, and entered

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

in 1846 as a resident of Harpeth Shoals,

Williamson County, Tennessee Williamson County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 247,726. The county seat is Franklin, Tennessee, Franklin, and the county is located in Middle Tenness ...

. After graduation in 1849, he settled in

Davidson County, Tennessee Davidson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the heart of Middle Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 715,884, making it the 2nd most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Nashville, ...

, as a farmer, but removed in April, 1852, to

Dyer County Dyer County is a county located in the westernmost part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,801. The county seat is Dyersburg. Dyer County comprises the Dyersburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...

, in the same State. In the fall of 1853 he entered the Law School of Harvard University, where he received the degree of LL.B in July, 1855. After two years spent in practicing law and in teaching in the vicinity where he had last resided, he settled in April, 1857, in

Troy Troy (/; ; ) or Ilion (; ) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek mythology, Greek myth of the Trojan War. The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destina ...

, the county seat of

Obion County, Tennessee Obion County is a County (United States), county located in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 30,787. The county seat is Union City, Tennessee, Union City. ...

, where he continued in the practice of his profession and in farming until his death. He served during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

as Major of the 47th Confederate Tennessee Regiment. At a later date he was elected to the

Tennessee State Senate The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue reg ...

. He died in Troy, near the end of August, 1887, in his 63rd year. He married in September, 1849, Mary J. Lowe, by whom he had nine children.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:shearon, thomas rogers 1825 births 1887 deaths People from Alabama Yale College alumni Harvard Law School alumni Tennessee lawyers Confederate States Army officers Tennessee state senators 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly