Adam Randolph Shipley
July 15, 1893; Oregonian, p 6
"Death of an Old Pioneer"
Corvallis, Or., July 14

    A. R. Shipley, a pioneer of 1852, died at 4:30 p.m. today at his residence, on College Hill, of heart failure, after an illness of several weeks.

   Mr. Shipley was born October 14, 1826, near Union town, Washington county Pa.  At the age of 0 years he moved with his parents to Mount Vernon, O., where he was married.  In the spring of 1852, accompanied by his family, he crossed the plains, arriving in Portland the following autumn, his wife and only child dying soon after his arrival.  Reaching Portland with less than $5 in his pocket, he at once sought employment at anything he could find to do, and finally obtained a job of wood-cutting for George Flanders.  This acted as a stepping-stone to something better.  Early in the "60's  he was appointed postmaster at Portland, serving in that capacity for a term of eight years.  During this time he was married to Miss Cerinda Hines, a niece of Rev. Mr. Hines, of that city.  At this time she was connected with the Portland academy and female seminary.  His wife and six children, four sons and two daughters, survive him.  Some time during the '50's he engaged in merchandising in partnership with C. S. Kingsley, the business now being the one conduced by J. K. Gill & Co.  Some years later his interest in the business was disposed of and he purchased a farm near where Oswego now stands.  He added from time to time to this, and at the time of his death owned 1000 acres in a body.  Having been raised on a farm he took a great interest in agricultural affairs, and was a champion of legislation in behalf of farming interests.  He was twice elected master of the state grange and also state lecturer for the same organization.  He always zealously aided the cause of learning in the state, particularly in the interest of the industrial classes.  In 1891 he was appointed a member of the board of regents of the agricultural college and selected to fill the office of treasurer of that institution made vacant by the death of T. E. Cauthorn.  Since that time he has been a resident of Corvallis.  At Mount Vernon, O., he studied law under Attorney-General Taft, with Senator Hurd, of Minnesota, and William Windom, late secretary of the treasury, the latter being his personal friend.  Although admitted to the bar, he never engaged in practice.  For the last 40 years he was a faithful and earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal church.  Few indeed are the men who have led so useful and honorable a life, enjoying the universal esteem of all who met him.  He knew no class distinctions among men; all were equal in his eye.  Whatever success he gained in life was due to his own exertions.  The remains will be taken to his old home at Oswego tomorrow, where the funeral will occur at 11 o'clock Sunday morning.
 
 
July 17, 1893; Oregonian, p 2
"Laid to Rest"
Oswego, Or., July 16

  All that was mortal of Adam Randolph Shipley, a pioneer of 1852, was laid to rest in the Oswego cemetery today.  The funeral services were held at the family home, two miles southwest of this town, and were conducted by the Rev. H. Gould, pastor of the M.E. church of Corvallis, where Mr. Shipley attended religious services, assisted by the Rev. R. M. Jones, pastor of the Oswego Congregational church.  Those who assisted in the singing were Mrs. E. S. Miller, Mrs. F. H. Fleming, Miss Dickinson, Miss Emma Dickinson, Mr. James, T. T. Struble, Captain W. S. Powell and Professor E. L. Bettinger.  The pall-bearers were:

   President J. M. Bless, of the state agricultural college; Captain J. T. Apperson, a regent of the college, and John Kruse, Plympton Kelly, Robert Porter, O. P. Lent, Alfred Luelling and J. S. Risley.

   After the exercises at the house, Oswego grange, No. 175, patrons of Husbandry, took charge of the remains, assisted by Tualatin, Warner, Evening Star, Corvallis and Pomona district granges, with Dr. J. Casto, of New Era, master of ceremonies.  They performed a procession, and, followed by fully 100 carriages, proceeded to the cemetery, where O. Eaton, master of the Oswego grange, conducted the services in accordance with the impressive ritual of the Patrons of Husbandry.

   Mr. Shipley leaves behind him a wife and six children, four boys:  Milton K., Lester A., Alphonso W., Randolph C., Mrs. E. S. Miller and Mrs. Wallace R. Struble, Mrs. Shipley was formerly Miss Colinda E. Hines, a niece of Revs. Gustavus and Harvey K. Hines, and a pioneer of 1853.  Her father was drowned on Snake river that year, and she arrived in Portland late in the fall an orphan without moans.  The second day after, however, she secured employment in the Portland academy and female seminary as preceptress, having had considerable previous experience in teaching.  A year later she was married to Mr. Shipley.