Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-05
suFFIELD COUPLE crEEBRATEs

NOLDEN " BIDDING ANNIf ESSAl-<
 Mir. and Mrs. William 4. Gene Of Suf- field celebrated their golden wedding art- 1liyersary Monday in an informal way b. receiving their friends and relatives fro T to , o'clock in the afternoon anj to o'clock in the evening" Mir and Mrs. Cone were married at Can4bridgeport, Mass, on April 5, 1872, by Rev. Mir East man, then pastor of the Episcopal church in Cantoriageport. The wedding was very quiet, there being no attendants on ac- ce;s1t of . death in Mrs Cones family.
 Mir, Cone was born in the village of Moodlis town of East Haddam, on Sdlt. 24. 1S4T. As young man he was aiiu- cated in the graded schools of Moodus and attended Wi1hraham Academy for five terms. After leaving school she entered the office of W. II. Nichols in East Had dam. where he renlainod about three years. In 1868 he went west and settled on large stock farm owned by his uncle. near Muscatine, Ia, where he remained for two years He then went to q larger stock farm and ranch near Ottawa. Kan, where he remained two years While on this ranch he lived in a log cabin with three other young men. He was taken sick with ctills and fever and he returned East. h 1872 he went into the insurance business in East eHaddam Soon after he went into the insurance business. W. 4. Fuller who at that time conducted 8 small agency in Springfield. and whom he met in VII brallarn Academy, while attending school there wanted to control some of the in surance lines Tn Connecticut, and In order to do this he went into an agecy agree rnert with MT Cone in East Haddanl The firm was then known as Fuller G Cone. Mr. Cone remained in this firm ur- til 1888, when ne bought out MT. Fuller 5 Interest.
 Meanwhile the business of W. A. Fuller in Springfield had increased rapidly and upon the death Of MT. Fuller his widow secured the services of MT. Cone. who re- tired to Springfield and entered into q partnership business of general insur ance under the firm name of w. 4. Fuller S Co This partnership business was continued for three years at the end Of which time MT. Cone bought out Mrs. Fuller's interest and conducted the agency himself. h 1894, the business had grown so rapid ly that Mir. Cone took Samuel D. Sherwood of Springfield. who was then principal of Worthington Street school. into this bJsi- ness with him, and for many years this business was conducted under the firm name of Cone & Sherwood and today is one Of the largest insurance agencies n Sprinefeld- Tn 1916 MT. Cone sold out to Mir. Sherwood and then moved to Sui field, where he bought the Harry Lane place in North Main street and since has been engaged in light farming.
 Mrs. Cone was Flora Battels Of Ply mouth, Mass. before her narriafge. She was born o11 April q. 1349. at Plymouth. the daughter Of William L. and Angeline (Barber)- Battels, She was educated in the public schools of PlyrraSuth and also the high schools from which she graduat- ed with high honors. She then studied music for several years.
 Mr. and Mrs Cone have enc daughter. Clara Belle wife of Marshall L. Moul- ton of Suffield who lives in the Hastings Hill Road and conducts one of the largest dairy farms in Suffield