When Jasper Newton Ashcraft was born on 20 October 1870, in Mississippi, United States, his father, Samuel A Ashcraft, was 23 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Fletcher, was 18. He married Mary Popham on 25 December 1892, in McLennan, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hardin, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 1, Tyler, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 15 February 1959, in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hardin, Texas, United States.