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ASAHEL W.
JONES, was born at Johnstonville, Trumbull County, Ohio,
Sept. 18, 1838. His father, William P. Jones, was born
in Hartford, Trumbull County, Ohio, July 11, 1814. His father
and grandfather removed there from Burkhamstead, Connecticut, in
1801, and there they reared the second cabin in the township.
His mother was Mary J. Bond, born at Avon Springs, New York,
Feb. 26, 1816, and emigrated to Hartford in 1833. She died in
Youngstown, Ohio, March, 1882. On his father's side he was of
Welsh descent, on his mother's of English or Irish, two Bond
families, one from England and one from Ireland, being among the
early emigrants to America, and it being uncertain to which his
mother owes her descent.
He read law with Curtis & Smith at Warren, Ohio,
and was there admitted to the bar September, 27, 1859, practice
there a few years, and removed to Youngstown in 1864, where he is
now practicing as a member of the firm of Jones (Robert B.),
Murray & (Elliot M.) Wilson. His practice is largely, at
present, for railroads and corporations. He held the office of
prosecuting attorney for two terms, the first by appointment on the
death of Henry G. Leslie, in 1868, and the second by
election. In 1874 he took an active part in the organization
of the Second National bank of Youngstown, and has since been one of
its directors. In 1878, with the change of management in the
corporation of Brown, Bonnell & Co., extensive iron
manufacturers, he became a director of that company and has given
some attention to the industries carried on by it.
He had the honor, in connection with Judge Tripp,
to represent the Seventeenth Ohio Congressional district in the
Republican National convention held at Chicago in 1880.
He was married September 24, 1861, at Hampton, Geauga
county, Ohio, to Miss Annette J. Palmer who was born at
Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 23, 1840.
Source: History of Trumbull &
Mahoning Counties with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches Vol.
I - Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. 1882 - Page 218 |
