Later Life
After 1881 Barney was practically retired from business. He retired from the board of directors of Wells Fargo & Company in 1883 with Colonel Charles Frederick Crocker elected in his place.
Ashbel H. Barney died at his residence, 101 East 38th Street in New York City, on December 27, 1886. His funeral was conducted at the residence on December 30 by the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church. The pall bearers were Thomas Collier Platt, Grosvenor P. Lowery, Samuel N. Hoyt, James C. Fargo (president of American Express), Hiram Barney, and George F. Crane. Also present were Barney's son and daughter with Morris K. Jesup, Theodore Wood, Salem H. Wales, Darius Ogden Mills, Benjamin Brewster, Parker Handy, Dr. T. Gaillard Thomas, Peter F. Baker, Duncan Cryden, Charles Atterbury, Hugh Murdock, Louis Murdock, James H. Thompson, Charles H. Adams, George C. Magoun, Russell Sturgis (son-in-law of Danford N. Barney), Appleton Sturgis (son of Russell Sturgis), A. Bancroft and W.P. Seymour. Interment was at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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