Born in Baltimore county, Maryland, on September 5, 1826 , son of Lewis and Elizabeth Shipley. He entered a woolen mill, where he acquired that line of business. This was the mill of John Wetherhead, near Baltimore. After working in the mill about three years, he moved to Pennsylvania and worked at his trade for about six months, when he returned to his home in 1846, and attended school at Franklin academy, Baltimore county, Maryland. In the spring of 1847 he went to Carroll county, Maryland, and was employed in the woolen mill about two years, during which time he was married to Miss Adeline Miller, a daughter of David Miller. They moved to East Berlin, Pennsylvania, where he rented and carried on the manufacture of woolen goods until 1857, when he sold out, and was appointed postmaster at Round Hill, and bought the store of A. Sawyer, and kept the store and post-office until the breaking out of the civil war. In 1862 he raised a company of one hundred men, and offered their services to the government. He was appointed first lieutenant, and was made captain of Company I, 127th Pennsylvania infantry. He afterward was discharged on account of disability contracted in line of duty. He was assigned to company I, 205th Pennsylvania infantry, and was made captain of his company. After being discharged from the military service he entered into private life once more as a farmer in Adams county, Pennsylvania, until 1869, when he removed to Richland township, Guthrie county, where he bought two hundred and forty acres of land. He carries on general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Shipley represented Guthrie County in the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Iowa General Assemblies, 1888-90. He was a member of the Charles Baker Post, G. A. R.

Born in Baltimore county, Maryland, on September 5, 1826 , son of Lewis and Elizabeth Shipley. He entered a woolen mill, where he acquired that line of business. This was the mill of John Wetherhead, near Baltimore. After working in the mill about three years, he moved to Pennsylvania and worked at his trade for about six months, when he returned to his home in 1846, and attended school at Franklin academy, Baltimore county, Maryland. In the spring of 1847 he went to Carroll county, Maryland, and was employed in the woolen mill about two years, during which time he was married to Miss Adeline Miller, a daughter of David Miller. They moved to East Berlin, Pennsylvania, where he rented and carried on the manufacture of woolen goods until 1857, when he sold out, and was appointed postmaster at Round Hill, and bought the store of A. Sawyer, and kept the store and post-office until the breaking out of the civil war. In 1862 he raised a company of one hundred men, and offered their services to the government. He was appointed first lieutenant, and was made captain of Company I, 127th Pennsylvania infantry. He afterward was discharged on account of disability contracted in line of duty. He was assigned to company I, 205th Pennsylvania infantry, and was made captain of his company. After being discharged from the military service he entered into private life once more as a farmer in Adams county, Pennsylvania, until 1869, when he removed to Richland township, Guthrie county, where he bought two hundred and forty acres of land. He carries on general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Shipley represented Guthrie County in the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Iowa General Assemblies, 1888-90. He was a member of the Charles Baker Post, G. A. R.