George Gill Green

George Gill Green

George Gill Green (1842-1925), circa 1878
Born (1842-01-16)January 16, 1842
Clarksboro, New Jersey
Died February 26, 1925(1925-02-26) (aged 83)
Woodbury, New Jersey
Residence Pasadena, California
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Ohio
Other names G.G. Green
Education University of Pennsylvania
(did not graduate)
Occupation Entrepreneur
Known for Sale of the elixir called "L.M. Green," a formula bought from his father
Spouse(s) Angie Brown
Parent(s) Mary Ann (1820-1844)
Lewis M. Green (1818-1894)

Military career

Allegiance  USA
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1864-1865
Rank Colonel
Unit 142nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

George Gill Green (January 16, 1842 – February 26, 1925) was a patent medicine entrepreneur, and Union Colonel in the American Civil War.

History

George Gill Green was born in Clarksboro, East Greenwich Township, New Jersey, to Mary Ann (1820-1844) and Lewis M. Green (1818-1894). George Green's mother was from Pennsylvania, and his father worked as a butcher.

1860s

Green attended the University of Pennsylvania medical school for two years, but left in 1864 before he graduated.

He enlisted in the 142nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (active 1864-1865) during the American Civil War (1861-1865). In 1867 he started a wholesale drug business in Baltimore, Maryland but the factory was destroyed by a fire. He moved to Ohio, married Angie Brown, and they had their first child there.

1870s

Green bought the rights to "Green's August Flower" and "Dr. Boschee's German Syrup" from his father, Lewis, who sold the elixir under the name "L.M. Green". George created a marketing campaign involving mass mailings of free samples, and the distribution of thousands of his almanacs. Both elixirs were mostly laudanum. He became a millionaire and in 1880 he built Woodbury's Opera House.

The family moved to Woodbury, New Jersey on November 23, Thanksgiving Day in 1872.

1880s

The Greens had a son, George Gill Green II (1883-1971), who was born on January 17, 1883 and died in January 1971. [1]

1890s

In 1893 Green acquired an uncompleted hotel in Pasadena, California, and in 1894 completed and opened it as Hotel Green in Southern California.

Green completed a summer home, "Kil Kare Castle," in 1895 at Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey.

In 1898 Green built an annex west of Hotel Green, the "Central Annex" building or "Castle Green" on the block across Raymond Avenue. "Castle Green" is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pasadena, the California State Historic Landmark Register, and the City of Pasadena Register of City Treasures.

1900s

In 1903 Green added a third annex to the Hotel Green, known as the "Wooster Block."

His patent medicine business declined after the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906, and by 1916 his company's products were discontinued.

George Gill Green died on February 26, 1925 in Woodbury, New Jersey.

Publications by Green

Timeline

Census timeline

References

  1. ↑ Cunningham, John T. (1994). This Is New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2141-6.

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