Foshee, Alabama
Foshee is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States between Brewton and Pollard on U.S. Route 29. Foshee was founded as a sawmill town and named after Stewart J. Foshee, who owned several sawmills in Escambia County. Russell A. Alger and Martin Sullivan founded the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company in the late 1890s and began logging around Foshee. They used lumber from the mill to build a new sawmill in Florida, which eventually grew into the town of Century. A post office was operated in Foshee from 1914 to 1924.
Notable person
- Ed Morris, a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1922 to 1931.
References
- ^ "Foshee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Read, William A.; McMillan, James B. (October 30, 1984). Indian Place Names in Alabama - William A. Read - Google Books. ISBN 9780817302313. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ McMillan, Tom (2012). Escambia County - Tom McMillan - Google Books. ISBN 9780738591230. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ "Escambia County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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