Fossey was born in England, marrying his wife Eliza in 1903.
[1] In 1906 they moved to the U.S. Fossey was President of the Miami Board of Realtors.
He owned a fruitpacking and fertilizer business and was successful until the Great Depression.
[5] Their son, Ralph Fossey worked in real estate and entered politics like his father, notably becoming Dade County Commissioner and later Mayor of the controversial town of Islandia, FL.
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