ASA V. BORTON was born in Columbus, New Jersey to Jesse and Mary Borton. He was one of eight children, the others being Alfred, Jacob, Rebecca, Anna, James, Rachel, and Mary. Jesse Borton came to Camden in the 1860s. When the Census was taken in 1870, Jesse and Mary Borton were living in Camden's Middle Ward with three of their children, Jacob, Rachel, and Asa Borton.

On November 21, 1876 Asa V. Borton was appointed to the Camden Fire Department to serve as an extra man with Engine Company 1, filling the position of Lewis Holl. Asa Barton resigned from the Fire Department on  May 8, 1877. He was replaced by Amos Richard Dease.

Jesse Borton and his family left Camden shortly thereafter. They were not in the city when the 1878-1879 Camden City Directory was being compiled. The Bortons were living in Fairfield, Indiana when the 1880 Census was taken. Jesse Borton worked as a huckster most of the rest of his life. He married and settled in Bloomington, Indiana where he died on March 3, 1945.