Bio of ATWOOD & COMPANY, Joseph Foster, J.P. and Eben W. W. Wilcox
(c.1902), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

ATWOOD & COMPANY - Vol III, pg 383-384
(Eben Atwood, Joseph Foster Atwood, J. P. Atwood, W. W. Wilcox)
Among the large mercantile enterprises which have been most important 
factors in the attainment of the commercial prestige which Minneapolis 
today enjoys is that of Atwood & Company, coffee and tea importers, whose 
business was established here twenty years ago and has kept pace with the 
rapid development of the city. The firm was organized in 1902 and the 
business was started on a small scale, being at first conducted on the 
second floor of a building standing at the corner of Sixth street and 
First avenue North. As their interests expanded they were obliged to seek 
larger quarters and in 1910 removal was made to Nos. 123-25 North Seventh 
street, where they remained until 1921, when they moved to their present 
location at the corner or Twelfth street and First avenue North, where 
they have a substantial brick building four stories in height. It is 
supplied with the latest and most improved machinery and equipment, 
special attention being paid to sanitation, and is one of the largest and 
most modern plants of this nature in the Northwest. They handle the 
highest grades of coffee, which is shipped to them from various parts of 
the world and roasted at their plant. Their teas are also the best 
obtainable, being imported from Ceylon, China, Japan and India and 
repacked at their plant, and both commodities are dis­tributed through 
their wholesale department. The company employs twenty traveling 
salesmen, who cover a wide territory, and the business has reached 
extensive proportions, owing to the superiority of their tea and coffee 
and also to the fact that they have always adhered to the standards of 
honor and integrity, upon which the under­taking was founded. The 
business has been incorporated and the present officers of the firm are: 
J. P. Atwood, president; W. W. Wilcox, vice president; and Eben Atwood, 
secretary. They display notable executive ability, marked enterprise and 
initiative in the management of the concern and are bending every effort 
toward the legitimate expansion of their interests.

Both J. F. and Eben Atwood are natives of Chicago, Illinois, the former 
coming to this city in 1902 and the latter two years later. In 1899 J. F. 
Atwood was married to Miss Ruby Teasdale of St. Paul, Minnesota, and they 
have three sons: Thomas, John and George. Mr. Atwood is a member of the 
Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Automobile Club of this city.

Eben Atwood is identified with the Minikahda Club and is also a member of 
the Automobile Club and the Minneapolis Club. In 1912 he was united in 
marriage to Miss Edith Moore of Minneapolis, and they have become the 
parents of a son, Henry.