The Olde Country Store and More – 1849

Specialties

The Olde Country Store and More — 1849 is a journey back to your sweetest memories with over 180 candies, a large selection of local crafts & goods and our Olde World twist of original glass ornaments and authentic German treats to tease your pallets. Located on the crossroads to Naples, Wayland and Cohocton, in the Green Heart of the Finger Lakes.

History

Established in 1849.

The Wetmore Bros. had a store in North Cohocton (Bloods Corners) as far back as 1849

1873 Present Store was built by Nelson Wetmore

1898 Store owned by Henry Wolfanger & Henry Pierce. Called the «Store of the two Hanks».

1913 Henry Wolfanger owner and store is then called «Wolfanger’s Store».

1951 Charles & Marion Briglin take over the store for Henry Wolfanger. When Charles Briglin died, his son Robert Briglin became part owner and the name changed to «Briglin’s Olde Country Store».

1977 Frank and Kathleen Duserick became owners and named it «Duserick’s Olde Country Store».

1983 Thomas and Ellen Park are the owners and call the store «Park’s Olde Country Store».

1993 Susan Carmen Wissick is the owner and changes the name to «Kinfolks Olde Country Store».

1996 Judith Coats owns the store and keeps the name «Kinfolks Country Store».

2011 Jack Bolster and James Conrad purchased the store and repaired it.

2015 The Wells family, Jeffrey H. Wells with daughters Jenny and Denise reopened.

Meet the Business Owner

Jeff, Jenny and Denise W.

Business Owner

Jeff, At the age of 12 his family moved to the beautiful hills of Naples, NY. Jeff left the farm at the age of 17 and joined the Army. Eighteen months later he got his first orders to take a short tour of Germany. He was quickly drawn in by Fräulein Claudia’s enchanting German ways. So his short tour of eighteen months, turned quickly into 35 years and two daughters

Jenny, was born (1981) in Wiesbaden during her dads first tour of Germany. She was only six months old when her tiny toes first touched American soil. Her mom and dad where trying their luck as a fresh young family, attempting to survive this new civilian world. At the ripe old age of ONE Jenny joined her parents in their journey back into the Army, heading back to Germany for a second and eventually last tour.

Denise, like her older sister Jenny, was born (1986) in Wiesbaden but during her father’s second and last tour of Germany. Denise was born just in time to see her father get a so called «European Out» (1986)