Camphor,[1] was an American Bishop, missionary, educator, academic administrator, author, and college president.

In May 1916, he was made Bishop of Africa by the General Methodist Episcopal Conference and served in this capacity until 1919 at which time the Camphors returned to the U.S.

However, Alexander became ill from pneumonia in October 1919 and died at his home in South Orange, New Jersey the following December.

After the death of her husband, Mamie Camphor spent two months with relatives in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Jackson, Mississippi, before returning to her home in Orange, New Jersey.

In March 1920, she began visiting cities in the American south to recruit students for the ministry as a member of a team under the auspices of the Interchurch World Movement.

Articles that appeared in The Baltimore Afro-American in the early 1940s described her active public and social life in Philadelphia and she was mentioned in a 1942 column in the same newspaper as having attended an Urban League dinner in Newark.

An obituary in the New York Times indicated that she had been living in Orange, New Jersey, and was actively involved at St. John's Methodist Church and several other local institutions.