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George Gill Green (January 16, 1842 – February 26, 1925) was a
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entrepreneur, and Union surgeon in the
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Biography

George Gill Green was born in Clarksboro, New Jersey, to Mary Ann and Lewis M. Green. Green's mother was from
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and his father worked as a butcher. Green attended the
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medical school for two years, but left in 1864 before he graduated. He enlisted in the 142nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was active from 1864 to 1865 during the
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. In 1867, he started a wholesale drug business in
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but the factory was destroyed by fire. He moved to
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, married Angie Brown, and they had their first child there. Green bought the rights to Green's August Flower and Dr. Boschee's German Syrup from his father, who sold the elixir under the name L.M. Green. Green 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 in
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. Green completed a summer home, Kil Kare Castle, in 1895 at
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in
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. In 1898, Green built an annex west of the 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. In 1903, Green added a third annex to the Hotel Green, known as the Wooster Block. His
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business declined after the passage of the
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in 1906, and by 1916 his company's products were discontinued. Green died on February 26, 1925, in
Woodbury, New Jersey Woodbury is the county seat of Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the South Jersey region of the state.Clarksboro, East Greenwich Township, New Jersey * 1864 Leaves the
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before graduation. * 1867 Moved to
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* 1883 Birth of his son, George Gill Green II, on January 17 * 1894 Death of his father, Lewis M. Green, on January 26 * 1895 Completed his summer cottage, "Kil Kare Castle" on
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, New Jersey. * 1893 Purchased and completed the main
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building, in
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, California. * 1898 Built the "Central Annex" to Hotel Green, the "Castle Green" * 1903 Built the "Wooster Block" annex to Hotel Green * 1925 Death of George Gill Green on February 26


Census timeline

* 1850 US Census of
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References


Further reading

* Karen Reeds; ''A State of Health: New Jersey's Medical Heritage''; New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press (2001) *
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External links


Castlegreen.com: "About the Castle Green"

Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum

Hagley.org: "G.G. Green" August flower and German syrup advertising

Altadena Historical Society
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