James Archibald Campbell (1862 – 1934). Founder of the Campbell University (originally Buies Creek Academy) in Buies Creek, North Carolina in 1887.
He descended from the Highland Scots who migrated to North Carolina in the XVIII century.
He began his career as a teacher of penmanship in Alamace County, where he taught for two years.
In the summer of 1886, Campbell, like his father, became an ordained Baptist minister and served as pastor of Hector's Creek Baptist Church. The following year, along with other residents of Buies Creek, he established there an academy, of which he was the principal.
In 1890 he married Cornelia Pearson. The couple had three children: Leslie, Arthur Carlyle and Bessie.
Leslie became the second president of the university, while Arthur Carlyle became college president of Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- "Jim Arch had red hair and just this incredible personality... His red hair, blue eyes and bushy mustache attracted attention, but his engaging, charismatic personality drew people to him." https://news.campbell.edu/articles/the-founder-and-his-dream/
- "A slender six-footer with red hair..." https://issuu.com/campbelluniversity/docs/125_year_book_lr
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