Died in St. Louis, body shipped back to Kentucky for burial next to wife Eliza McDonald Adams Pritchartt who died 1833. It is believed from marriage records William W Ater took a second wife Elizabeth Adams (widow)of Norton in 1837 Lexington and had more children. There were two small children from first marriage (born bet 1828-1833) - William Jr and Fannie. Fannie later became Fannie Pew. William Ater served in the war of 1812 Lexington Kentucky. Currently under study. ** see obit for Frances Ater Pew, wife of John Pew in this cemetery.
FAyette Co Marriage records for Wm Ater
1. William W Ater to Eliza Adams with Leonard Wheeler as surety. Jan 15 1828. Teste - Deputy Clerk Ashton Garrett.
2. William W. Ater to Mrs. Elizabeth Norton with Norman Porter as surety. September 6 1837. Both previously married.
3. David P. Dudley to Mary B. Norton with William W. Ater as surety. January 10 1843. Elizabeth Ater gave consent for daughter, with W.W. Ater as witness.
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Lexington Herald Aug -Sept 1901
WILLIAM ATER
The generation that is represented by heavy headed men will rembers William Ater. He began life in the early part of the century with no financial backing. Before the Civil War had given and taken away fortunes, he owned hundreds of acres, hundreds of negros and one of the largest hemp factories in the United States. The old Ater house on the L & N railroad that was once a stately mansion whose broad Wooland avenues led into the Leestown pike, is now occupied by a family of colored people. Even the ruins of his hemp factories have disappeared and on their sites grow stu life an weeds in wild profusion. Not even the foundation is left of the four story stone structure which supplied the South with rope, bagging and twine. It stood near where Morgan's hemp factory now stands, and was erected at a cost of $20.000. It was burned having been ignited by locomotive sparks. When in operation it ran a hundred or more looms. The ruins of an old stone foundation that stands near the Ater house was once his stable. When the railroad was constructed ten feet of his front porch was removed. (snip)
Other names mentioned in this article - C M Corbin, Mrs John Keene, Andrew Steele, Robert Patterson, John Marshall, James Mullen, C Carr, W S Wilson, J T Wasson, Henry Tucker, Wm Price, B Price, E Morrow W S Hamilton, A J Waters, B Obrien, H H Savage, HH Jackson, Mack Wilson, John Alexander, Wm Fisher, Sepmhart(sp?)
Per 1850 census he was in Fayette Co Ky on land near if not same as Lexington Cemetery: He had in house new wife and children both Ater and Dudley:
Ater, W W 65 M Manufacturer MD
Elizabeth 50 F NY (Elizabeth Norton m 1837)
Frances 19 F KY (children from previous marriage)
W W 17 M Student KY (children from previous marriage)
Dudley, Mary 63 F KY
Elizabeth 7 F KY
Ethelbert 5 M KY
Wm 3 M KY
Per 1860 census he is still living in Lexington. Sometime after that he removed to St Louis where he died.
1860 United States Federal Census
about Elizabeth Ater
Name:Elizabeth Ater
Age in 1860:64
Birth Year:abt 1796
Birthplace:New York
Home in 1860:Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky
Gender:Female
Post Office:Lexington
Value of real estate:View Image
Household Members:NameAge
W W Ater 26 (son)
W W Ater 76 William W Ater
Elizabeth Ater 64 (wife widow of Norton)
Jas M Sea 23 did not see these people below in house upon viewing original document
Tobias Ketton 26
G Painter 30
(next door to Fannie Pew (daughter) and husband John Pew
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lexington,
Update 12/9/2014 - unable to locate his second wife being the widow of Norton, presumed George Norton. Census data has her birth place as New York about 1896-1800. This does not agree with other findings. She was alive after 1860 in his house.
1-30-19 still trying to find "the widow Norton".
4-18-23 still looking for widow norton
FAyette Co Marriage records for Wm Ater
1. William W Ater to Eliza Adams with Leonard Wheeler as surety. Jan 15 1828. Teste - Deputy Clerk Ashton Garrett.
2. William W. Ater to Mrs. Elizabeth Norton with Norman Porter as surety. September 6 1837. Both previously married.
3. David P. Dudley to Mary B. Norton with William W. Ater as surety. January 10 1843. Elizabeth Ater gave consent for daughter, with W.W. Ater as witness.
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Lexington Herald Aug -Sept 1901
WILLIAM ATER
The generation that is represented by heavy headed men will rembers William Ater. He began life in the early part of the century with no financial backing. Before the Civil War had given and taken away fortunes, he owned hundreds of acres, hundreds of negros and one of the largest hemp factories in the United States. The old Ater house on the L & N railroad that was once a stately mansion whose broad Wooland avenues led into the Leestown pike, is now occupied by a family of colored people. Even the ruins of his hemp factories have disappeared and on their sites grow stu life an weeds in wild profusion. Not even the foundation is left of the four story stone structure which supplied the South with rope, bagging and twine. It stood near where Morgan's hemp factory now stands, and was erected at a cost of $20.000. It was burned having been ignited by locomotive sparks. When in operation it ran a hundred or more looms. The ruins of an old stone foundation that stands near the Ater house was once his stable. When the railroad was constructed ten feet of his front porch was removed. (snip)
Other names mentioned in this article - C M Corbin, Mrs John Keene, Andrew Steele, Robert Patterson, John Marshall, James Mullen, C Carr, W S Wilson, J T Wasson, Henry Tucker, Wm Price, B Price, E Morrow W S Hamilton, A J Waters, B Obrien, H H Savage, HH Jackson, Mack Wilson, John Alexander, Wm Fisher, Sepmhart(sp?)
Per 1850 census he was in Fayette Co Ky on land near if not same as Lexington Cemetery: He had in house new wife and children both Ater and Dudley:
Ater, W W 65 M Manufacturer MD
Elizabeth 50 F NY (Elizabeth Norton m 1837)
Frances 19 F KY (children from previous marriage)
W W 17 M Student KY (children from previous marriage)
Dudley, Mary 63 F KY
Elizabeth 7 F KY
Ethelbert 5 M KY
Wm 3 M KY
Per 1860 census he is still living in Lexington. Sometime after that he removed to St Louis where he died.
1860 United States Federal Census
about Elizabeth Ater
Name:Elizabeth Ater
Age in 1860:64
Birth Year:abt 1796
Birthplace:New York
Home in 1860:Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky
Gender:Female
Post Office:Lexington
Value of real estate:View Image
Household Members:NameAge
W W Ater 26 (son)
W W Ater 76 William W Ater
Elizabeth Ater 64 (wife widow of Norton)
Jas M Sea 23 did not see these people below in house upon viewing original document
Tobias Ketton 26
G Painter 30
(next door to Fannie Pew (daughter) and husband John Pew
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lexington,
Update 12/9/2014 - unable to locate his second wife being the widow of Norton, presumed George Norton. Census data has her birth place as New York about 1896-1800. This does not agree with other findings. She was alive after 1860 in his house.
1-30-19 still trying to find "the widow Norton".
4-18-23 still looking for widow norton
Died in St. Louis, body shipped back to Kentucky for burial next to wife Eliza McDonald Adams Pritchartt who died 1833. It is believed from marriage records William W Ater took a second wife Elizabeth Adams (widow)of Norton in 1837 Lexington and had more children. There were two small children from first marriage (born bet 1828-1833) - William Jr and Fannie. Fannie later became Fannie Pew. William Ater served in the war of 1812 Lexington Kentucky. Currently under study. ** see obit for Frances Ater Pew, wife of John Pew in this cemetery.
FAyette Co Marriage records for Wm Ater
1. William W Ater to Eliza Adams with Leonard Wheeler as surety. Jan 15 1828. Teste - Deputy Clerk Ashton Garrett.
2. William W. Ater to Mrs. Elizabeth Norton with Norman Porter as surety. September 6 1837. Both previously married.
3. David P. Dudley to Mary B. Norton with William W. Ater as surety. January 10 1843. Elizabeth Ater gave consent for daughter, with W.W. Ater as witness.
*****
Lexington Herald Aug -Sept 1901
WILLIAM ATER
The generation that is represented by heavy headed men will rembers William Ater. He began life in the early part of the century with no financial backing. Before the Civil War had given and taken away fortunes, he owned hundreds of acres, hundreds of negros and one of the largest hemp factories in the United States. The old Ater house on the L & N railroad that was once a stately mansion whose broad Wooland avenues led into the Leestown pike, is now occupied by a family of colored people. Even the ruins of his hemp factories have disappeared and on their sites grow stu life an weeds in wild profusion. Not even the foundation is left of the four story stone structure which supplied the South with rope, bagging and twine. It stood near where Morgan's hemp factory now stands, and was erected at a cost of $20.000. It was burned having been ignited by locomotive sparks. When in operation it ran a hundred or more looms. The ruins of an old stone foundation that stands near the Ater house was once his stable. When the railroad was constructed ten feet of his front porch was removed. (snip)
Other names mentioned in this article - C M Corbin, Mrs John Keene, Andrew Steele, Robert Patterson, John Marshall, James Mullen, C Carr, W S Wilson, J T Wasson, Henry Tucker, Wm Price, B Price, E Morrow W S Hamilton, A J Waters, B Obrien, H H Savage, HH Jackson, Mack Wilson, John Alexander, Wm Fisher, Sepmhart(sp?)
Per 1850 census he was in Fayette Co Ky on land near if not same as Lexington Cemetery: He had in house new wife and children both Ater and Dudley:
Ater, W W 65 M Manufacturer MD
Elizabeth 50 F NY (Elizabeth Norton m 1837)
Frances 19 F KY (children from previous marriage)
W W 17 M Student KY (children from previous marriage)
Dudley, Mary 63 F KY
Elizabeth 7 F KY
Ethelbert 5 M KY
Wm 3 M KY
Per 1860 census he is still living in Lexington. Sometime after that he removed to St Louis where he died.
1860 United States Federal Census
about Elizabeth Ater
Name:Elizabeth Ater
Age in 1860:64
Birth Year:abt 1796
Birthplace:New York
Home in 1860:Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky
Gender:Female
Post Office:Lexington
Value of real estate:View Image
Household Members:NameAge
W W Ater 26 (son)
W W Ater 76 William W Ater
Elizabeth Ater 64 (wife widow of Norton)
Jas M Sea 23 did not see these people below in house upon viewing original document
Tobias Ketton 26
G Painter 30
(next door to Fannie Pew (daughter) and husband John Pew
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lexington,
Update 12/9/2014 - unable to locate his second wife being the widow of Norton, presumed George Norton. Census data has her birth place as New York about 1896-1800. This does not agree with other findings. She was alive after 1860 in his house.
1-30-19 still trying to find "the widow Norton".
4-18-23 still looking for widow norton
FAyette Co Marriage records for Wm Ater
1. William W Ater to Eliza Adams with Leonard Wheeler as surety. Jan 15 1828. Teste - Deputy Clerk Ashton Garrett.
2. William W. Ater to Mrs. Elizabeth Norton with Norman Porter as surety. September 6 1837. Both previously married.
3. David P. Dudley to Mary B. Norton with William W. Ater as surety. January 10 1843. Elizabeth Ater gave consent for daughter, with W.W. Ater as witness.
*****
Lexington Herald Aug -Sept 1901
WILLIAM ATER
The generation that is represented by heavy headed men will rembers William Ater. He began life in the early part of the century with no financial backing. Before the Civil War had given and taken away fortunes, he owned hundreds of acres, hundreds of negros and one of the largest hemp factories in the United States. The old Ater house on the L & N railroad that was once a stately mansion whose broad Wooland avenues led into the Leestown pike, is now occupied by a family of colored people. Even the ruins of his hemp factories have disappeared and on their sites grow stu life an weeds in wild profusion. Not even the foundation is left of the four story stone structure which supplied the South with rope, bagging and twine. It stood near where Morgan's hemp factory now stands, and was erected at a cost of $20.000. It was burned having been ignited by locomotive sparks. When in operation it ran a hundred or more looms. The ruins of an old stone foundation that stands near the Ater house was once his stable. When the railroad was constructed ten feet of his front porch was removed. (snip)
Other names mentioned in this article - C M Corbin, Mrs John Keene, Andrew Steele, Robert Patterson, John Marshall, James Mullen, C Carr, W S Wilson, J T Wasson, Henry Tucker, Wm Price, B Price, E Morrow W S Hamilton, A J Waters, B Obrien, H H Savage, HH Jackson, Mack Wilson, John Alexander, Wm Fisher, Sepmhart(sp?)
Per 1850 census he was in Fayette Co Ky on land near if not same as Lexington Cemetery: He had in house new wife and children both Ater and Dudley:
Ater, W W 65 M Manufacturer MD
Elizabeth 50 F NY (Elizabeth Norton m 1837)
Frances 19 F KY (children from previous marriage)
W W 17 M Student KY (children from previous marriage)
Dudley, Mary 63 F KY
Elizabeth 7 F KY
Ethelbert 5 M KY
Wm 3 M KY
Per 1860 census he is still living in Lexington. Sometime after that he removed to St Louis where he died.
1860 United States Federal Census
about Elizabeth Ater
Name:Elizabeth Ater
Age in 1860:64
Birth Year:abt 1796
Birthplace:New York
Home in 1860:Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky
Gender:Female
Post Office:Lexington
Value of real estate:View Image
Household Members:NameAge
W W Ater 26 (son)
W W Ater 76 William W Ater
Elizabeth Ater 64 (wife widow of Norton)
Jas M Sea 23 did not see these people below in house upon viewing original document
Tobias Ketton 26
G Painter 30
(next door to Fannie Pew (daughter) and husband John Pew
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lexington,
Update 12/9/2014 - unable to locate his second wife being the widow of Norton, presumed George Norton. Census data has her birth place as New York about 1896-1800. This does not agree with other findings. She was alive after 1860 in his house.
1-30-19 still trying to find "the widow Norton".
4-18-23 still looking for widow norton
