Foshee, Alabama
Foshee is an unincorporated community in Escambia [County, Alabama|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.