John Ash

John T. Ash (November 30, 1783 – April 1, 1872) was an American farmer-turned-politician. He served in the Alabama State Senate in the first half of the 19th century.

Early life Ash was born in 1783 in Athens, Georgia, to William Ash and Jane Fleming, the first of their seven known children.

Career Ash became a successful farmer, and served as a judge and member of the first Alabama State Senate. Around this time, Ash's three-year-old daughter Betsy Ann died after falling from the wagon on which he was riding with his wife and her father,

In 1820, he built a home, now known as the John Ash House, in Ashville. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 and is now the oldest extant house in St. Clair County.