The Biographical Dictionary of America/Atwater, Caleb

ATWATER, Caleb, author, was born at North Adams, Mass., Dec. 25, 1778. After his graduation from Williams college in 1804 he became a lawyer, and in 1811 removed to Circleville, Ohio, where he became prominent in local politics, serving in the Ohio legislature, and also as Indian commissioner. He published: "Remarks made on a Tour to Prairie du Chien" (1831); "Writings of Caleb At water" (1833); "Western Antiquities" (1833); "History of Ohio, Natural and Civil" (1838), and an "Essay on Education" (1841). He was a contributor to the transactions of the American antiquarian society. He died at Circleville, Ohio, March 13, 1867.