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James C. Campbell married Mattie Marie Martin, who worked alongside her husband in their Charleston funeral home
Civic leader and businessman James C. Campbell (October 15, 1874 or 1876 - October 25, 1956) was born and raised in Charleston. He was Charleston’s first licensed Black undertaker and first Black city council member.His father, James Alexander Cam...
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