Shepard P. Bowen

Shepard Pike Bowen (March 28, 1824– 1908) was an American merchant, manufacturer and politician from New York.

There he attended the common schools, and worked on his father's farm.

Later he became a merchant, and finally an iron manufacturer in Plattsburgh, New York.

On June 24, 1852, he married Susan Harriet Parsons (1834–1853) who died two weeks after giving birth to their only child Susie Parsons Bowen (1853–1932).

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Clinton Co.) in 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1881.