Alphabet File page 138
Foster, Mr. J. J., a prominent New Orleanian, spent Sunday at the Bay, on a visit to his family. (SCE 9/30/1893)
Conner, Mrs. R., Foster Mrs. J. J. and children, after spending a while with friends, were passengers aboard the "NEW CAMELIA" Tuesday morning. They were accompanied by Mr. Foster. (SCE 10/14/1893)
Foster, Mr. and Mrs. John J., and Mrs. Murry, of New Orleans, visited Mr. and Mrs. G. Muller on Sunday. (SCE, 2/24/1894)
Foster, K. S. Mrs. r 204 Nicholson, Waveland (Ph 55)
Foster, L.F., Capt., Captain of the MARY G. DANTZLER who perished along with his wife (name unknown) during the hurricane of July 8, 1916. (Times-Picayune - Monday, July 17, 1916 - p 11 c 3 MJS 00416)
Foster, Richard, Justice of the Peach performed marriage of Asa H. Hursey and Isabella McCall March 3, 1842. (Booklet VF Hursey)
Fountain, Mr. Calvin W. Sr.
Physicians in town (Logtown) included Dr. Artie Mead, Dr. J.Q. Fountain and his brother, Dr. Noah Fountain, Dr. George C. McGowan, and Dr. Buckley. Mr. Calvin W. Fountain, Sr. was the pharmacist. (From a paper by Mildred Otis Fountain. Copy in the HCHS VF Otis)
Fountain, Mildred Otis
Weston, H., Lumber Company
The H. Weston Lumber Company's largest tug boat was the "EDGAR" which was sixty-five feet in length, with a beam of fifteen feet and a draft of nine feet. This tug was almost continuously in operation.
On June 20, 1922, the largest tow of lumber that was ever taken out of Logtown was nine barges containing a little over a million feet of lumber. This tow was handled by one tug boat, the "EDGAR", and was taken to Gulfport. From there it was shipped to Buenos Aires, Argentina on the "S S
CALEANO" a 2,153 ton vessel.
The Weston Lumber Company also owned the tug boats "MARY" and "SARAH". The "MARY" was sixty feet in length, with a beam of fourteen feet and draft of eight feet; the "SARAH" had a capacity of 75,000 feet of lumber.
The lumber company began its operation with four two masted schooners transporting lumber to New Orleans and Gulfport. The largest, "LOIS" had a capacity of 40,000 cords of wood. These schooners were used to transport lumber before the Civil War, and for a considerable length of time after.
Later the company used steamboats, with the engine, pilot house and living quarters built as far to the stern as possible. This gave the boat 30 or 40 feet of deck space for loading lumber, as well as the hole. Today the accepted term, hold, is used for storage within a ship.
In looking for a more economical way of handling lumber, the tug boats with barges were purchased or built. The barges were named for the months of the year. The first one, named the "JUNE", had a capacity of 210,000 feet of lumber. In those days, barges were towed behind the tug, while today, barges are placed ahead of the boat and pushed. The lumber was shipped out of Gulfport or taken to New Orleans to be shipped to foreign countries.
One of the 1930 editions of THE LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL had a lengthy article about Logtown and the Weston Lumber Company:
"The production of lumber has been continuous and its distribution has been very wide. Lumber has been shipped around Cape Horn to Guayaquil and Punta Arenas, Argentina, to both East and West Africa, and to various European countries bordering on the Atlantic and Mediterranean. One shipment went by rail to San Francisco thence by water to Korea. In fact, the product of the Logtown Mills has been shipped to nearly every country in the world that imports lumber. The history of the operation is very interesting"
(This is from and article written by Mildred Otis Fountain a copy is in the HCHS VF Weston").
Fouenter, Miss - The following named young folks composed a crab party last night: Misses Julia Moore, Sara and Belle Logan, Sadie Richardson, Anna O'Brien, L. Aldege, H. and L. Vienne, Misses Wogan, Duggan, Hamel, Fouenter, Messrs. Cook, T. McCaleb, L. and T. Lanaux and others. (SCE 8/6/1892)
Fouert, Victor F. r 320 De Montluzin (Ph 55)
Foule, Mrs., is spending awhile in the Crescent City. (SCE, 1-28-1893)
Fountain, Bettye Rilma 5-11-1947 baptized at the Pearlington Methodist Episcopal Church (PC&C)
Fountain, C. W. m Parker, Rillma 10-22-1914 (PC&C)
Fountain, Calvin Wm. 4-1-1923 baptized at the Pearlington Methodist Episcopal Church (PC&C)
Through the years, grocery stores (in Logtown) were owned by several families Including Mr. Ralph Howze, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dean, Mr. Calvin W. Fountain St., and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Summers. (From a paper by Mildred Otis Fountain. Copy in HCHS VF Otis)
Fountain, Dr. J.Q. - Physicians in town (Logtown) included Dr. Artie Mead, Dr. J.Q. Fountain and his brother, Dr. Noah Fountain, Dr. George C. McGowan, and Dr. Buckley. Mr. Calvin W. Fountain, Sr. was the pharmacist. (From a paper by Mildred Otis Fountain. Copy in the HCHS VF Otis)
Fountain, Dr. J.Q. - Hancock County Bank, established in Bay St. Louis in 1899, opened its first branch in the office building of Dr. J. Q. Fountain in Pearlington in 1902. This branch was moved to Logtown in 1919, and remained until 1937. (From a paper by Mildred Otis Fountain. Copy in HCHS VF Otis)
Fountain, Jonathan, WHT POL 1, FPC 0, SLV 0. (Hancock County, Mississippi Tax Rolls 1820, VF Tax Rolls)
Fountain, Joseph Baldwin 6-18-1905 baptized at the Pearlington Methodist Episcopal Church (PC&C)
Fountain, Mildred Otis
THE OLD MILL by Mildred Otis Fountain
The H. Weston Lumber Company "Old Mill" on the banks of Pearl River and Bogue Homa Bayou, Logtown. this mill was approximately in the same location that Henry Carre', Henry Weston, and W. W. Carre' operated their first mill in 1857.
Mill Number One, better known as "Old Mill" completely burned on Monday, October 26, 1914, along with the company's 60 ft. combined passenger and freight boat "THE PELICAN", and a tug boat, THE "PALO PINTO". (VF - From papers in the SCE files compiled for a special edition and loaned to the HCHS)
Fountain, Dr. Noah - Physicians in town (Logtown) included Dr. Artie Mead, Dr. J.Q. Fountain and his brother, Dr. Noah Fountain, Dr. George C. McGowan, and Dr. Buckley. Mr. Calvin W. Fountain, Sr. was the pharmacist. (From a paper by Mildred Otis Fountain. Copy in the HCHS VF Otis)
Fountain, Dr. R. Q. left during the week for New York where he will at that place complete his medical profession. The clever and handsome Dr. V. M. Bass, of Yazoo, Miss., will look after Dr. Fountain's patients during his absence. (SCE 11/19/1892)
Fountain, Dr. S. Q., of Pearlington, left last week for a visit to the "old folks home" at Columbia, Miss. (SCE 1-13-1894)
Fountain, Walter James 8-18-1907 baptized at the Pearlington Methodist Episcopal Church (PC&C)
Fourchy, Capt. Audre, arrived at the Bay Wednesday in the sloop "VOLANTE", after an extensive cruise along the Mississippi and Alabama coasts. (SCE 8/19/1893)
Fourchy, Richard and Andrew, the Lanaux boys and
Miltenbergers were over Sunday. (SCE, 2/24/1894)
Fournier, A. F. Mrs., Waveland (Ph 48 thru 50)
Fournier, A. F. Mrs.- Pres. Kings Dau Hosp. 1942. (SCE Jubilee 1942 pg 24.)
Fourton, Bessie Shields
SO BUSY IN SHOW BUSINESS SHE HAS TO FOREGO PLAYS
So busy in theater work that she can hardly find time to see the Broadway plays is Mrs. Bessie Shields Fourton, who went from New Orleans to New York last August.
Mrs. Fourton, who arrived in New Orleans by plane Monday for a brief stay at the St. Charles hotel, formerly was connected with the Little theater and the Federal theater here.