Asahel Wellington Jones (September 18, 1838 – October 9, 1918) was an American

United States

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 Republican politician who served as the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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 from 1896 to 1900.

Jones was born September 18, 1838 at Johnstonsville, Trumbull County, Ohio

Trumbull County, Ohio

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, son of William P. Jones, born in Trumbull County, and Mary J. Bond, born in New York. He was raised on a farm and educated in the public schools. He attended Western Reserve Academy

Western Reserve Academy

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. He read law in Warren

Warren, Ohio

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, and was admitted to the bar

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 1859. In 1861, he opened an office in Mecca, Ohio, during the oil boom there. In 1864, he moved to Youngstown

Youngstown, Ohio

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. His practice there concentrated on personal injury lawsuits involving railroads. In 1869, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Mahoning County, and re-elected in 1871. He later was general council for the Pittsburg and Western Railroad

Pittsburg and Western Railroad

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, and attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Pennsylvania Company

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, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

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. He was director and a large stockholder of the Second National Bank of Youngstown, and the Dollar Savings and Trust Company.

In 1880 Jones was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In December, 1884, he was elected President of the Ohio State Bar Association

Ohio State Bar Association

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. Governor Foraker

Joseph B. Foraker

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 appointed him judge advocate general of the state. In 1895, he was nominated at the state Republican Convention, and won election as Lieutenant Governor. He won re-election in 1897.

In 1906, Jones retired from legal practice, and concentrated on farming at Hartford

Hartford, Ohio

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. He was married September 24, 1861 to Jeanette Palmer, who had two children, and died in 1901. In 1904, he married Louise Brice of Oberlin, Ohio

Oberlin, Ohio

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, a graduate of Oberlin College

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.

Jones died at his country home in Trumbull County October 9, 1918. Jones was a member of the Methodist Episcopal faith, and was a Freemason

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