1914 Biography - Philip H. Jones

Jones, Philip Huff, M. D., president of the city board of health, Baton Rouge, La., was born Nov. 8, 1855 near Jackson, La. He is a son of Dr. John Welch Jones, formerly superintendent of the Louisiana State Insane Asylum, and Amaryntha Huff Jones. His father came to Louisiana in 1848 from South Carolina, where his forefathers who came from England, Ireland and Wales had settled before the Revolutionary war. Both Dr. Jones' father's grandfathers, Samuel Jones, and Samuel Hilton, and his mother's grandfather, Thomas Jackson, were soldiers in Marion's band in the war of the Revolution. Dr. Jones was a student at the Louisiana State university, was graduated from Centenary college at Jackson, La., and received the M. D. degree from Tulane university in 1878. He began the practice of medicine in East Feliciana parish and 4 years later was appointed assistant superintendent of the Louisiana State Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. He held this position for 6 years during which time he took an active part in the remodeling and upbuilding of the institution which placed it abreast with the leading institutions for the insane in the United States. Later he resumed the practice of medicine, removing from Jackson to Lutcher and thence to Baton Rouge. Not only has Dr. Jones achieved success in his profession but he has maintained an unblemished reputation as a man of honor and integrity to whom the advancement of ideals and the pursuit of scholarly knowledge are of prime importance. He has lived up to the standard of his forefathers who have been good soldiers in war and good citizens in time of peace. As a youth Dr. Jones participated in the stormy events of 1876, when a few brave men rescued civilization by restoring white supremacy. Dr. Jones is a Master Mason. Dr. Jones was married in 1882 to Annabelle Smith, daughter of John Scott Smith and Tullia Richardson Smith, of West Feliciana parish. Of this union 5 children were born of whom the 3 surviving are: Mrs. Anita Jones Huckaby, of Baton Rouge, Lieut. Junius Wallace Jones, U. S. A., and Philip Harold Jones.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Louisiana: Comprising Sketches, edited by Alcee Fortier, published in 1914, volume 3, pages 211-212.