Thomas Shanley
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Thomas Shanley (c. 1800 – March 19, 1875) was a pioneer settler from Lancaster, Wisconsin who served as a member of the 1st Wisconsin Territorial Legislature.
With his friend Henry Hodges, Shanley came to the lead mines in the Wisconsin Territory's Lead District, first to Hardscrabble in 1826, then to Beetown in 1827. They came to Cassville (where they built a log warehouse) in 1828; and in 1831 they became the first settlers in Lancaster, in what would later become Grant County, Wisconsin.[1][2] On the prairie south of what would become the city of Lancaster, Hodges and Shanley built a double log cabin which served as a refuge for travelers in the region.[3]