Charles John Frazier Campbell (1862 – 1947) was the first mayor of Melbourne, Florida serving from 1888 to 1889.

He immigrated to America from Canada in 1884. He married Margaret Punnett in 1893. They had children John and Mona.

C. J. F. Campbell

In 1916, Campbell bought the Gem Theatre from J.B. Johnston.

C. J. F. Campbell

Campbell bought the Goode House hotel, and enlarged it to be the Bellevue Hotel. It had a cement pool and a water wheel and pulley carried the guests' luggage to the third floor. In 1920 it was renamed as the Orange Spot Inn, owned by Harry Balsley of Detroit.

C. J. F. Campbell

He is buried at the Melbourne Cemetery.

Associations

Senior Warden (1921), Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Melbourne, Florida

Junior Warden (1942), Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Melbourne, Florida

References

1862 births

1947 deaths

American people of Scottish descent

English emigrants to the United States

Mayors of Melbourne, Florida

19th-century English people

19th-century American politicians

20th-century American businesspeople