Thomas J. Shear
Thomas J. Shear was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Shear was born on September 25, 1836, in Concord, New York. He moved to Hillsboro, Wisconsin, in 1858. During the American [Civil War], Shear served with the 47th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. He died in 1901.Shear's son, Byron D. Shear, and son-in-law, Oscar A. Mitscher, both became Mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His grandson, Marc Mitscher, became an admiral in the United States Navy.