Atwater, Lucius bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 942, Woodland Township
Lucius Atwater, agriculturist; was born in Coshocton Co., O., in 1827; his father, Lyman Atwater, was born in the State of Conn., where he followed farming; he moved to the State of New York in an early day, where he married Jane Lefflingwell, by whom he had 10 children: 9 are living, - Miles and Marcus, residents of McDonough Co.; Wesley resides in Pleasant tp., this Co.; Jas. and Caroline reside in this tp.; Eliza resides in Barton Co., Mo.; Zilla lives in Neb.; William resides in Lynn Co., Kan.; Charles, deceased, and Lucius. Lyman Atwater settled in Fulton Co. 6 miles east of Astoria in 1834. After many years of hard labor Mr. Atwater secured a well improved farm; he died in his 62d year; Mrs. A. survived her husband many years, dying in 1874. Lucius Atwater grew to manhood in Fulton Co.; March 15, 1855, he married Caroline Rounds, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Rounds, by whom he has 8 children, - Francis M., Jas. A., Harry H., Ulysses G., Sarah J., Emma E., Birdie E. and Geo. O. Mr. Atwater is the owner of 310 acres of most valuable land.