Asahel Wellington Jones (September 18, 1838 – October 9, 1918) was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1896 to 1900. Jones was born September 18, 1838, at Johnstonsville,

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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

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. He read law in

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, and was admitted to the bar 1859. Smith 1898 : 667 In 1861, he opened an office in

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, during the

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there. Randall 1915 : 525-529 In 1864, he moved to

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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, and attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the

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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. Reed 1897 : 265-268 In 1880 Jones was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In December, 1884, he was elected President of the Ohio State Bar Association. Governor Foraker 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. 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, a graduate of

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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, Bar Association 1919 :126-129 and was a

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Upton 1909 : 308

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