Asa W. Jones

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, Trumbull County, Ohio, 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. In 1861, he opened an office in Mecca, Ohio, during the oil boom there. In 1864, he moved to Youngstown. His practice there concentrated on personal injury lawsuits involving railroads.

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. 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 Oberlin College. and was a Freemason