The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 590 PETER SHIPLEY. Almost every civilized country on the face of the globe and every state of the Union has sent its representatives to the Yakima valley. Among those who are successfully engaged in horticultural pursuits in this section of the state is Peter Shipley, who was born in Switzerland, May 16, 1845, a son of Joseph and Anna Marie (House) Shipley. who were also natives of the land of the Alps and came to the United States with their family in 1851, making their way to Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The father there engaged in farming, having a place about three miles south of the city, and from the wild land he developed an excellent farm. He was one of the pioneer settlers of that region and contributed to the early development of the section in which he lived. Both he and his wife passed away on the old homestead there. Peter Shipley was reared to manhood upon the old home farm and through the period of his boyhood and youth, when not busy with the duties of the schoolroom, he assisted his father in the further cultivation and development of the fields. He afterward entered the copper mines on Lake Superior and aided in exploring the Calumet & Hecla mine and was there engaged in mining for fifteen years. He built the breakwater and coal docks at Marquette, Michigan, for the government, doing contract work there for three years. He next established a brewery at Escanaba, Michigan, in partnership with Joseph Nolden, this being the first enterprise of the kind in the town. They conducted the brewery for seven years, after which Mr. Shipley went to Marinette, Wisconsin, where he spent four years in the cigar manufacturing business. He then removed to Virginia, Minnesota, where he built a hotel, and while engaged in that business there twice had his property destroyed by fire, causing him a loss of thirty-five thousand dollars. Desiring to start anew elsewhere, he then went to North Dakota and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he engaged in cultivating for three years. The west attracted him, however, and in 1906 he made his way to Yakima county, where he purchased nine and a quarter acres of land in Fruitvale. This had been partially planted to orchard and the entire tract is now devoted to fruit raising. He has fine peach, pear, apple and plum trees upon his place and also an excellent vineyard and his fruit raising interests are bringing to him a gratifying annual income. He has remodeled the house and made other improvements upon the property and in all that he does is actuated by a spirit of enterprise and progress. On the 26th of April, 1870, Mr. Shipley was united in marriage to Miss Veronica Fadderer, who was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, February 4, 1852, a daughter of George and Martha (Hadenthal) Fadderer, both of whom were natives of Switzerland, the mother's birth occurring at Bern. They were married, however, in Wisconsin, and were pioneer settlers of Sheboygan, where the father followed the occupation of farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Shipley were born ten children: Cecelia, who is deceased; Mary Martha, the wife of Albert Bickford, a resident of Virginia, Minnesota, where since 1900 he has filled the office of city clerk; Julia, the wife of Edmund O'Rourke, of Duluth, Minnesota, by whom she has three children: George, deceased; Frank E., a civil engineer employed in the shipyards at Seattle; Anthony, who resides at Virginia, Minnesota, where he is engaged in the banking business; Clara. deceased; Albert, an attorney, also of Virginia, Minnesota, where he resides with his wife and two children; Peter, who is a graduate of the high school at Yakima and is now connected with the banking business at Virginia, Minnesota; and Veronica, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Shipley are members of St. Paul's Catholic church and Mr. Shipley is also connected with the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he served as a member of the city council while living in Virginia, Minnesota. He belongs to the Grange and is interested in all that has to do with the public welfare and especially with the agricultural development of the region in which he lives. In the wise conduct of his fruit raising interests he has met with substantial success and is now owner of one of the tine orchards of the county. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.