by Mrs. Arline Bidwell
The original store, built by Mr. Skinner, was sold to D.J. Foster in 1859. Foster moved the building to its present location. A succession of owners followed: Bemis Jennings, Horace Parmelee, then Peter Bossen in 1904. Bossen’s General Store served Main Street residents for almost a century. The store was the original South Windsor Post Office and served in this capacity until 1960 when the present Bissell Station Post Office on Main Street was built. Robert Bossen continued his father’s business until 1973 when the store closed permanently.
Please note that despite possible inaccuracies, we will include the description of each quilt square as published in the 1995 revised and corrected second edition booklet. This second edition was published in celebration of South Windsor’s “sesquicentennial” anniversary, 1845-1995, and was dedicated to the memory of Gail Woodard, who passed away in 1994. The revised edition was compiled by Charles E. Woodward in September, 1995, with the assitance of Doris Burgdorf who provided many historical corrections.