Ashbel Holmes Barney (September 2, 1816 – December 27, 1886) was an American banker and expressman who served as president of Wells Fargo & Company in 1869–1870.
[1] Barney remained in Cleveland when his brother Danford moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1849 and was elected to succeed Edwin Barber Morgan as president of Wells Fargo & Company in 1853, serving until 1866.
On November 17, 1859, Ashbel Barney was elected a director of Wells Fargo & Company in place of James McKay, who had resigned.
He retired from the board of directors of Wells Fargo & Company in 1883, with Colonel Charles Frederick Crocker elected in his place.
The pall bearers were Thomas Collier Platt, Grosvenor Lowrey, Samuel N. Hoyt, James C. Fargo (president of American Express), Hiram Barney, and George F. Crane.