| Father | Christopher Shipley (1785 - 1830) |
| Mother | Elizabeth M. (Betsy) Rutherford (1790 - 1868) |
| Sibling | James M. Shipley (1813 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Nehemiah Shipley (1823 - 1860) |
| Sibling | William Shipley (1820 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Martin James Shipley (1823 - 1862) |
| Sibling | James Harvey Shipley (1818 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth `Betsey' Allen (1817 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Mary Polly Shipley (1817 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Thomas Christopher Shipley (1816 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Shipley (1830 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Randolph Rutherford Shipley (1814 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Uriah Hart Shipley (1810 - 1882) |