Career
In 1885, The owners of the Savage Mill, leased their house to Frank Shipley family, which still stands in Savage Maryland. Shipley became a general practicing doctor. In World War I, he served in the Army Medical Corps.
From 1932-1948 he was the treasurer of Howard County.
In 1962, Shipley bypassed the state schoolboard nominating commission recommendation of Fred Schoenbrodt, and installed C.Y. Stephens. In 1971 The Savage Masonic Hall was redecorated as a memorial to Shipley.