Mears enlisted in the 5th VA Cavalry, Co. A as a private on August 31, 1861. On March 27, 1862, he transferred to the 15th VA Cavalry, Co. C. He was paroled on April 21, 1865.
Mears became an educator after the war, and by 1900 he was serving as Superintendent of Schools in Princess Anne County, VA. He died in 1921 and is buried in Norfolk, VA in Elmwood Cemetery.
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