Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY
Florence Houghton Jones (1909-?)
Wife of Dr. Tracy Jones, PMSS Physician 1952-1955

FLORENCE HOUGHTON JONES Staff

Wife of Dr. Tracy Jones, PMSS Physician, 1952-1955

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TAGS: Florence Houghton Jones, Dr. Tracy Jones, doctors, teachers, Community School students, Harlan KY, Zande House, Barbara Jones Smith

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Florence Houghton Jones was the wife of Dr. Tracy Jones, who was a medical doctor at the Pine Mountain Settlement School from February 1952 until June 1955.

Florence came to Eastern Kentucky to teach and settled for a time in Coxton, Kentucky, a coal-mining town just east of Harlan, the main town in Harlan County. Teaching was difficult with the itinerant population of the coal camp and her attention soon turned to social work. It was during the time she worked in social services that she met Dr. Tracy Jones who was practicing medicine in the county.

Beginning in 1952, Dr. Jones worked part-time at Pine Mountain while maintaining his own practice in Harlan, Kentucky. However, a year later he became head of the new hospital in the West Wind building on the PMSS campus. Consequently, the family moved to PMSS’s Zande House, along with their four daughters: Barbara (b. 1942), Bronwynn (b. 1943), Mary Fairchild, and Ruth Ellen. 

Three of the Jones children are found in the PMSS Community School Student List Gi-Z. They attended Community School in the mid-1950s following their family’s arrival on the PMSS campus. The youngest child, Ruth, was not yet of school age.

FLORENCE HOUGHTON JONES: Biography Written by Her Daughter

Barbara Jones Smith, the oldest daughter of Dr. Tracy Jones and Florence Houghton Jones, submitted the following narrative (date unknown) about her mother to the PMSS Collections. (She also wrote about her father, a transcription of which is on the page for Dr. Tracy Jones.)

Florence Houghton Jones
 
“Florence Houghton Jones, the youngest and only girl (4 brothers) was born and raised in Lynn, Mass., but lived in several cities within Mass. The Houghtons are descendants of William Brewster (Mayflower passenger).
 
At some point, my grandfather taught at Westtown School which is a private, pre-school-12th grade college prep school in Pennsylvania. Upon graduation, mother continued her university training in Pennsylvania (I’m always confused as to which university she attended aka Pennsylvania State or University of Pennsylvania.) She was always frustrated that she was one course shy from completing her Masters Degree and was never able to come to complete that degree.
 
After attempting to teach which did not work out, she became a social worker in the SE part of Ky which meant determining if a family qualified for financial assistance. At this point, she met my dad.”

Barbara Jones Smith, Daughter

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The records of Massachusetts Births indicate that Florence Houghton was born on June 7, 1909, in Lynn, Massachusetts. Her parents were George Euclid Houghton, a teacher, and Edith (Fairchild) Houghton. Her four brothers are listed in the 1910 U.S. Census as Willard F., Daniel Eugene, George Elwood and Fairchild Edward.

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See Also:
Dr. TRACY JONES Staff Biography
BARBARA JONES Student Records (Private)

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Title	Florence Houghton Jones
Alt. Title	Florence Houghton ; Florence Jones ;
Identifier	https://pinemountainsettlement.net/?page_id=49665
Creator	Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY ; Barbara Jones Smith ;
Alt. Creator	Helen Hayes Wykle ; Ann Angel Eberhardt ;
Subject Keyword	Florence Houghton Jones ; Pine Mountain Settlement School ; Dr. Tracy Jones ; Community School students ; teachers ; Westtown School ; California Medical State Board ; Lincoln Memorial University ; Barbara Jones ; Bronwynn Jones
Subject LCSH	Jones, Florence Houghton, — 1909 – ? Dr. Tracy Jones. Pine Mountain (Ky.) Settlement School — History. Harlan County (Ky.) — History. Education — Kentucky — Harlan County. Rural schools — Kentucky — History. Schools — Appalachian Region, Southern.
Date	2018-01-20 aae
Publisher	Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY
Contributor	Barbara Jones Smith
Type	Collections ; text ; image ;
Format	Original and copies of documents and correspondence in file folders in filing cabinet.
Source	Series 09: BIOGRAPHY
Language	English
Relation	Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series 09: BIOGRAPHY
Coverage Temporal	1909 – 1955
Coverage Spatial	Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; Lynn, MA ;
Rights	Any display, publication or public use must credit the Pine Mountain Settlement School. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor	n/a
Description	Core documents, correspondence, writings and administrative papers created by or addressed to Florence Houghton Jones ; clippings, photographs, publications, illustrations by or about Florence Houghton Jones.
Acquisition	n/d
Citation	“[Identification of Item],” [Collection Name] [Series Number, if applicable]. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.
Processed By	Helen Hayes Wykle ; Ann Angel Eberhardt ;
Last Updated	2018-01-20 aae ; 2019-06-02 aae ; 2023-09-07 aae ;
Bibliography
Sources	“Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1: QKHY-9CSK : accessed 02 June 2019), Florence Houghton in entries for Barbara Jones, 1942, and Bronwynn Jones, 1943; citing Birth, Harlan, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort. Internet resource. “Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXJN- SNP : accessed 02 June 2019), Florence Houghton, 11 Jan 1909, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #item 70 p568, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,252. Internet resource. “Tracy Jones.” Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Staff. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. Internet resource.