Charles Wells Green was born May 1, 1868 in Oswego County, NY. He was a druggist and had his own drugstore at the age of 21 and owned four drugstores in Chicago by the age of 40. First married to Maud Regina Lawless Greene, upon her death in 1902, Charles was a widower with four kids: Noretta, Clarence (killed as an aviator in WWI), Viola, and Jane.
He owned hunting property in Englewood in a place they called Punta Nova (believed to be north of McCall and east of Pine St). He would spend winters in Englewood hunting.
Charles met Carrie Ashmead Price in Chicago, where she was enrolled in St. Luke's Nursing School and later practiced nursing for two years. As it happened, they both had ties to Englewood. Carrie's family, beginning with her grandfather Col. James McArthur Lewis and later her uncle Mack Lewis, pioneered and owned the property just south of Punta Nova, a place on Lemon Bay which they named New Point Comfort. Their romance flourished here and in early 1904 they eloped to Punta Gorda at 3AM, sailing down Lemon Bay to avoid a "big wedding with a bishop to give his blessing that my uncle planned for me in Tampa".
After their wedding, Charles and Carrie and moved to Tampa, where Charles opened a drugstore and later established the largest marine hardware and supply business in Florida. They had one daughter together, Marion. In addition to Marion, Carrie raised and loved Charles' four children from his first marriage.
Charles was a hunter, outdoorsman, and an avid sailor and yachtsman. He was also a charter member of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla.
On a yachting trip to Annapolis in his later years, their yacht's fuel tank caught fire and Charles and Carrie avoided death by jumping in the water. Charles' health was impaired as a result of the fire, and a later stroke confined him to his bed for over 5 years. He spent his last days at their home in Englewood and died at his daughter Marion's house, at 2405 Watrous Ave in Tampa, in 1947. He was buried in the cemetery at New Point Comfort but his remains are now in Lemon Bay Cemetery.
Charles Wells Green was born May 1, 1868 in Oswego County, NY. He was a druggist and had his own drugstore at the age of 21 and owned four drugstores in Chicago by the age of 40. First married to Maud Regina Lawless Greene, upon her death in 1902, Charles was a widower with four kids: Noretta, Clarence (killed as an aviator in WWI), Viola, and Jane.
He owned hunting property in Englewood in a place they called Punta Nova (believed to be north of McCall and east of Pine St). He would spend winters in Englewood hunting.
Charles met Carrie Ashmead Price in Chicago, where she was enrolled in St. Luke's Nursing School and later practiced nursing for two years. As it happened, they both had ties to Englewood. Carrie's family, beginning with her grandfather Col. James McArthur Lewis and later her uncle Mack Lewis, pioneered and owned the property just south of Punta Nova, a place on Lemon Bay which they named New Point Comfort. Their romance flourished here and in early 1904 they eloped to Punta Gorda at 3AM, sailing down Lemon Bay to avoid a "big wedding with a bishop to give his blessing that my uncle planned for me in Tampa".
After their wedding, Charles and Carrie and moved to Tampa, where Charles opened a drugstore and later established the largest marine hardware and supply business in Florida. They had one daughter together, Marion. In addition to Marion, Carrie raised and loved Charles' four children from his first marriage.
Charles was a hunter, outdoorsman, and an avid sailor and yachtsman. He was also a charter member of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla.
On a yachting trip to Annapolis in his later years, their yacht's fuel tank caught fire and Charles and Carrie avoided death by jumping in the water. Charles' health was impaired as a result of the fire, and a later stroke confined him to his bed for over 5 years. He spent his last days at their home in Englewood and died at his daughter Marion's house, at 2405 Watrous Ave in Tampa, in 1947. He was buried in the cemetery at New Point Comfort but his remains are now in Lemon Bay Cemetery.
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