Background
Atwater, Francis was born on December 3, 1858 in Plymouth, Connecticut, United States. Son of Henry and Catherine (Fenn) Atwater.
Atwater, Francis was born on December 3, 1858 in Plymouth, Connecticut, United States. Son of Henry and Catherine (Fenn) Atwater.
Educated Plymouth public schools.
Founder public, Windermere Weekly Forum, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1879-1880. Assistant foreman, Hartford Courant, 1880. Later manager Red Bluff (California) Sentinel.
Founder public Meriden Sunday News.
Founded Meriden Daily Journal, 1886, and retired as president Journal Public Company, 1913. Founded, 1898, Havana Journal (now Havana Post), first all-American journal in Cuba.
Bought and sold New Britain Daily News. Bought and sold Waterbury Daily Republican.
President Meriden, Southington & Compounce Tramway.
Founder, 1912, Puritan Trust Company. Director Broadway Bank & Trust Company, New Haven, 1913. Organizer, 1914, American Bank & Trust Company.
Organizer, 1915, East Hampton Bank & Trust Company, Wallingford Trust Company, Torrington Trust Company.
Member Connecticut Senate, 1906. Member Executive Committee American National Red Cross.
Married Helena J. Sellew, 1879. 1 child, Dorence Keith (deceased).