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Hon. T. R. Shearon was born in Tuscumbia, Colbert Co., Ala., April 4, 1825. His ancestors were among the first settlers of Marsland, and moved from that State to North Carolina, where our subject’s parents were born. He was reared on a farm, but the greater part of his time was spent in school. He was educated partially in Williamson County under Ed. Paschal, but finished his course at Yale College, taking the degree of A. B. in 1849. About 1857 he began practicing law in Troy continuing there until August, 1881, when he gave up his profession on account of failing health. He joined the Confederate Army in November, 1861, and was major of the Forty-seventh Tennessee Infantry, Company A. He is a man of fine intellect and good education, and in 1879 was elected to the State Senate. He is a Mason, Rising Sun Lodge, No. 88, and was for some time Deputy Grand Master of the Odd Fellows Lodge, being a member of Lodge No. 114, at Troy. He is a Democrat, and was married in September, 1849, to Mary J. Lowe, and by her became the father of five children: Mary S., Mrs. W. A. Bonner; Thomas, who is studying law at home; Lowe, editor of the Chico Bee, at Chico, Tex., and William and Marvel, who are at home.