Son of IRA ATWATER & ROANNA/ROXANNA BUCKINGHAM
Married: Nov 4, 1844, MARY ELIZABETH OLMSTEAD
Four children:
1. William Olmstead Atwater
1849 – 1908
2. Francis Ebenezer Atwater
1851 – 1919
3. Lillian Elizabeth Atwater
1856 – 1912
4. Leonard Eugene Atwater
1861 – 1911
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William Woodruff Atwater was born in New Haven, Nov. 4, 1824, the son of Ira Atwater, a chief architect and builder, and Roxanna Atwater. His grandfather, Amos Atwater, a native of Bethany and a resident of Prospect, was descended from David Atwater, who was among the settlers of New Haven. His mother was the daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Buckingham.
He fitted for college with Mr. Amos Smith, of New Haven, and entered with the class. After taking his degree he spent a year in teaching at Goldsboro, N.C., and three years in studying theology; two years at New Haven, and one at Andover, Maine; was licensed to preach August 7, 1849, by Middlesex Association, Conn.; was ordained December 3, 1850; preached in Lima, Niles and Hudson, Michigan, about two years each; at Elkhart in Indiana, three years; returned to Conn. in 1860; was installed pastor in Prospect, October 31 of that year, where he remained six years. December 17, 1865, he began to preach at Avon, West Parish. In 1869 he accepted an invitation to preach at South Killingly, where he now labors (1871).
He expresses his hearty satisfaction with the work of the gospel ministry, and has been blessed with several revivals of religion among the people of his charge. He has labored earnestly in the temperance cause, and to improve the sacred music in his parish. He has occasionally contributed to the newspapers, and prepared a church manual.
Source: 1871, 25th Anniversary publication of Yale College, Class of 1846
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Married: Nov 4, 1844, MARY ELIZABETH OLMSTEAD
Four children:
1. William Olmstead Atwater
1849 – 1908
2. Francis Ebenezer Atwater
1851 – 1919
3. Lillian Elizabeth Atwater
1856 – 1912
4. Leonard Eugene Atwater
1861 – 1911
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William Woodruff Atwater was born in New Haven, Nov. 4, 1824, the son of Ira Atwater, a chief architect and builder, and Roxanna Atwater. His grandfather, Amos Atwater, a native of Bethany and a resident of Prospect, was descended from David Atwater, who was among the settlers of New Haven. His mother was the daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Buckingham.
He fitted for college with Mr. Amos Smith, of New Haven, and entered with the class. After taking his degree he spent a year in teaching at Goldsboro, N.C., and three years in studying theology; two years at New Haven, and one at Andover, Maine; was licensed to preach August 7, 1849, by Middlesex Association, Conn.; was ordained December 3, 1850; preached in Lima, Niles and Hudson, Michigan, about two years each; at Elkhart in Indiana, three years; returned to Conn. in 1860; was installed pastor in Prospect, October 31 of that year, where he remained six years. December 17, 1865, he began to preach at Avon, West Parish. In 1869 he accepted an invitation to preach at South Killingly, where he now labors (1871).
He expresses his hearty satisfaction with the work of the gospel ministry, and has been blessed with several revivals of religion among the people of his charge. He has labored earnestly in the temperance cause, and to improve the sacred music in his parish. He has occasionally contributed to the newspapers, and prepared a church manual.
Source: 1871, 25th Anniversary publication of Yale College, Class of 1846
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Son of IRA ATWATER & ROANNA/ROXANNA BUCKINGHAM
Married: Nov 4, 1844, MARY ELIZABETH OLMSTEAD
Four children:
1. William Olmstead Atwater
1849 – 1908
2. Francis Ebenezer Atwater
1851 – 1919
3. Lillian Elizabeth Atwater
1856 – 1912
4. Leonard Eugene Atwater
1861 – 1911
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William Woodruff Atwater was born in New Haven, Nov. 4, 1824, the son of Ira Atwater, a chief architect and builder, and Roxanna Atwater. His grandfather, Amos Atwater, a native of Bethany and a resident of Prospect, was descended from David Atwater, who was among the settlers of New Haven. His mother was the daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Buckingham.
He fitted for college with Mr. Amos Smith, of New Haven, and entered with the class. After taking his degree he spent a year in teaching at Goldsboro, N.C., and three years in studying theology; two years at New Haven, and one at Andover, Maine; was licensed to preach August 7, 1849, by Middlesex Association, Conn.; was ordained December 3, 1850; preached in Lima, Niles and Hudson, Michigan, about two years each; at Elkhart in Indiana, three years; returned to Conn. in 1860; was installed pastor in Prospect, October 31 of that year, where he remained six years. December 17, 1865, he began to preach at Avon, West Parish. In 1869 he accepted an invitation to preach at South Killingly, where he now labors (1871).
He expresses his hearty satisfaction with the work of the gospel ministry, and has been blessed with several revivals of religion among the people of his charge. He has labored earnestly in the temperance cause, and to improve the sacred music in his parish. He has occasionally contributed to the newspapers, and prepared a church manual.
Source: 1871, 25th Anniversary publication of Yale College, Class of 1846
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Married: Nov 4, 1844, MARY ELIZABETH OLMSTEAD
Four children:
1. William Olmstead Atwater
1849 – 1908
2. Francis Ebenezer Atwater
1851 – 1919
3. Lillian Elizabeth Atwater
1856 – 1912
4. Leonard Eugene Atwater
1861 – 1911
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William Woodruff Atwater was born in New Haven, Nov. 4, 1824, the son of Ira Atwater, a chief architect and builder, and Roxanna Atwater. His grandfather, Amos Atwater, a native of Bethany and a resident of Prospect, was descended from David Atwater, who was among the settlers of New Haven. His mother was the daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Buckingham.
He fitted for college with Mr. Amos Smith, of New Haven, and entered with the class. After taking his degree he spent a year in teaching at Goldsboro, N.C., and three years in studying theology; two years at New Haven, and one at Andover, Maine; was licensed to preach August 7, 1849, by Middlesex Association, Conn.; was ordained December 3, 1850; preached in Lima, Niles and Hudson, Michigan, about two years each; at Elkhart in Indiana, three years; returned to Conn. in 1860; was installed pastor in Prospect, October 31 of that year, where he remained six years. December 17, 1865, he began to preach at Avon, West Parish. In 1869 he accepted an invitation to preach at South Killingly, where he now labors (1871).
He expresses his hearty satisfaction with the work of the gospel ministry, and has been blessed with several revivals of religion among the people of his charge. He has labored earnestly in the temperance cause, and to improve the sacred music in his parish. He has occasionally contributed to the newspapers, and prepared a church manual.
Source: 1871, 25th Anniversary publication of Yale College, Class of 1846
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Cemetery source: Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions for Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, pg #84, 215-1
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