First President of West Virginia State University, 1892-1894. Published "Driftings and Gleanings" in 1887, a book of poetry and essays. [See full text online at the Ohio Memory Project, State Library of Ohio].In 1895, published a volume of one of the finest collections of Black dialect poems of the 19th century, "Echoes From the Cabin and Elsewhere." Born in the Kerr's Run area of Pomeroy, was graduated from Pomeroy Academy in 1884. He was a teacher in Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio, and then Principal of the Langston School in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
During the 1880's and 1890's, Campbell wrote for daily Chicago newspapers and was on the literary staff of the Chicago Times-Herald.
Participated in the group publication of the journal, "Four O'Clock Magazine."
Died at age 28 years of pneumonia while visiting his family in Kerr's Run,Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio in 1896.
See Ohio Historical Society/Meigs County Historical Society Marker #19-53, Pomeroy, Ohio.
Spouse: Mary Lewis Champ (b. 1869, Marietta, Ohio), 1890 Graduate of Oberlin College, Married James in 1891 in Harrison County, Ohio.
Parents:Son of James E.Campbell(born 1836, Virginia, died 8 Nov. 1923, Meigs County, Ohio) and Aletha "Letha" L. Starks Campbell (born 1837, Virginia, died 1903, Ohio).
James married Aletha Starks on Jan. 5, 1861, source: Probate Court of Meigs County, Ohio.
Siblings:
Charles William Campbell (b. 1862, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio
and John C. Campbell (b. 1864, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio.
During the 1880's and 1890's, Campbell wrote for daily Chicago newspapers and was on the literary staff of the Chicago Times-Herald.
Participated in the group publication of the journal, "Four O'Clock Magazine."
Died at age 28 years of pneumonia while visiting his family in Kerr's Run,Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio in 1896.
See Ohio Historical Society/Meigs County Historical Society Marker #19-53, Pomeroy, Ohio.
Spouse: Mary Lewis Champ (b. 1869, Marietta, Ohio), 1890 Graduate of Oberlin College, Married James in 1891 in Harrison County, Ohio.
Parents:Son of James E.Campbell(born 1836, Virginia, died 8 Nov. 1923, Meigs County, Ohio) and Aletha "Letha" L. Starks Campbell (born 1837, Virginia, died 1903, Ohio).
James married Aletha Starks on Jan. 5, 1861, source: Probate Court of Meigs County, Ohio.
Siblings:
Charles William Campbell (b. 1862, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio
and John C. Campbell (b. 1864, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio.
First President of West Virginia State University, 1892-1894. Published "Driftings and Gleanings" in 1887, a book of poetry and essays. [See full text online at the Ohio Memory Project, State Library of Ohio].In 1895, published a volume of one of the finest collections of Black dialect poems of the 19th century, "Echoes From the Cabin and Elsewhere." Born in the Kerr's Run area of Pomeroy, was graduated from Pomeroy Academy in 1884. He was a teacher in Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio, and then Principal of the Langston School in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
During the 1880's and 1890's, Campbell wrote for daily Chicago newspapers and was on the literary staff of the Chicago Times-Herald.
Participated in the group publication of the journal, "Four O'Clock Magazine."
Died at age 28 years of pneumonia while visiting his family in Kerr's Run,Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio in 1896.
See Ohio Historical Society/Meigs County Historical Society Marker #19-53, Pomeroy, Ohio.
Spouse: Mary Lewis Champ (b. 1869, Marietta, Ohio), 1890 Graduate of Oberlin College, Married James in 1891 in Harrison County, Ohio.
Parents:Son of James E.Campbell(born 1836, Virginia, died 8 Nov. 1923, Meigs County, Ohio) and Aletha "Letha" L. Starks Campbell (born 1837, Virginia, died 1903, Ohio).
James married Aletha Starks on Jan. 5, 1861, source: Probate Court of Meigs County, Ohio.
Siblings:
Charles William Campbell (b. 1862, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio
and John C. Campbell (b. 1864, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio.
During the 1880's and 1890's, Campbell wrote for daily Chicago newspapers and was on the literary staff of the Chicago Times-Herald.
Participated in the group publication of the journal, "Four O'Clock Magazine."
Died at age 28 years of pneumonia while visiting his family in Kerr's Run,Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio in 1896.
See Ohio Historical Society/Meigs County Historical Society Marker #19-53, Pomeroy, Ohio.
Spouse: Mary Lewis Champ (b. 1869, Marietta, Ohio), 1890 Graduate of Oberlin College, Married James in 1891 in Harrison County, Ohio.
Parents:Son of James E.Campbell(born 1836, Virginia, died 8 Nov. 1923, Meigs County, Ohio) and Aletha "Letha" L. Starks Campbell (born 1837, Virginia, died 1903, Ohio).
James married Aletha Starks on Jan. 5, 1861, source: Probate Court of Meigs County, Ohio.
Siblings:
Charles William Campbell (b. 1862, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio
and John C. Campbell (b. 1864, Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio.
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