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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HT_south-windsor-world-war-i-memorial-a-war-memorial_South-Windsor-CT.html
World War I
Abe E. Miller
Thomas Barry
Edward Hansen
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25GP_bissell-ferry_South-Windsor-CT.html
Bissell Ferry
1641 - 1917
This quiet spot with its big old house was once the scene of great activity. In 1614 Adrian Block, a Dutch explorer, found Indians living between the Scantic and the Podunk rivers.
At the request of Sachem Wahginnacu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25GO_birthplace-of-jonathan-edwards_South-Windsor-CT.html
Birthplace Of
Jonathan Edwards
First American theologian and philosopher. Born in 1703, son of Timothy Edwards. He graduated from Yale at age 17, was pastor in Bolton, tutor at Yale, missionary at Stockbridge, and in 1758 became res. of Princeto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FX_old-burying-ground_South-Windsor-CT.html
Old Burying
Ground
God's Acre
1708
Resting Place
Of First Settlers
East of the River
And Their Pastor
Timothy
Edwards
Bicentennial 1776-1976
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FW_jonathan-edwards_South-Windsor-CT.html
Jonathan Edwards
1703 - 1758
Born at East Windsor
Died at Princeton New Jersey
Pastor and Theologian
Tutor at Yale College
President College of New Jersey
and one of the leaders
in the Great Awakening
the first spontaneous movement
in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FV_timothy-edwards_South-Windsor-CT.html
Timothy Edwards
1669 - 1758
Father of Jonathan Edwards
First pastor of the
Second Church of Windsor
Established at Windsor Farms
in 1604
which formerly stood
immediately north
of this burying ground
in which he and his wife
Esther Stodd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FL_post-office-store_South-Windsor-CT.html
Post Office & Store
From this building dry goods and groceries were offered to the public for over 200 years. The Store, operated in 1727 by Nathan Day, was discontinued in 1962. One of the oldest, this Post Office, the only one known to be in an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FK_bissell-ferry_South-Windsor-CT.html
Bissell Ferry 1641 - 1917
The first ferry crossing of the Connecticut River was tended by John Bissell in 1641. This road leads to the landing place where succeeding generations of Bissells, and finally the Town, kept this Ferry in continuous op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FJ_south-windsor_South-Windsor-CT.html
South Windsor
In 1845 the Town of South Windsor was incorporated, having separated from East Windsor which had been divided from Windsor in 1768. This was once the territory of the Podunk Indians. Land was purchased from them in 1636 by the settl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FH_east-windsor_East-Windsor-CT.html
East Windsor
Separated from Old Windsor and constituted a township on the "second Thursday of May A.D. 1768". In this area was the Nortin Society of Old Windsor, organized in May 1752. Ferry service established by John Bissell in 1641 f…