Who's Who at Lincoln Heights Gospel Chapel, OH

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Lincoln Heights Gospel Chapel, Mansfield, Richland, OH (OB) 1932-1980+

  • Mansfield Gospel Hall, Richland Co., OH 1932-1947

Early Correspondents

Notable Families

Bowser family

"Wick Dan Bowser, 75, of 460 Hedeen Dr. died at home Saturday afternoon following an extended illness. He was born Feb. 10, 1915 in [Leetonia], Ohio, and had lived in Mansfield for 60 years. Mr. Bowser had been manager of The Bookery Inc. and was retired. He had been treasurer and a member of the board. He was a member of Grace Evangelical Free Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Surviving are his wife, Rose E. (Wentz) Bowser; two daughters and sons-in-law, Leile Jean and Paul Ernsberger of Perrysville and Bonnie Rosalie and Vaughn Taylor of Fredericktown; a sister, Mary Biener of Englewood, Fla.; nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Wick Roy and Margaret Bowser; two sisters, Ruth Bowser Smith and Katherine Bowser Koppert; and two brothers, William and Albert Bowser. Friends may call from 3-5 and 7=9 p.m. Tuesday at the Ontario Home of Wappner Funeral Directors where services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. by Pastor Dennis Nezrick and assisted by Bill Roller."

  • Wick Dan Bowser @ N. Weldon +1972-1973+ (b. 1915 Leetonia, OH - d. 1990 Mansfield, OH), son of Wick Roy Bowser, Sr. (b. 1885 Butler, PA - d. 1963 Mansfield, OH) & Margaret Florence White Bowser (b. 1887 Butler, PA - d. 1955 Mansfield, OH). Wick Sr. was a member of McPherson Street CotN and Margaret at Bethel Congregational, both in Mansfield.
  • Rose E. Wentz Bowser (1914-2003 Mansfield, OH), daughter of George Wentz, Sr. (b. 1891 Czech. - d. 1967 Mansfield, OH) & Rosa "Rosie" Stehle Wentz (b. 1893 Hungary - d. 1948 Mansfield, OH). Rose was a lifelong member of First Alliance Church where she was active with the Simpson class. See her obit. The earliest Bowser family in the U.S. were from Anabaptist origin, see the 1922 Bowser family history.
    • Leile Jean Bowser Ernsberger. Husband: Paul Ernsberger.
    • Bonnie Rosalie Bowser Taylor. Husband: Vaughn Taylor.

Calderhead family

David Calderhead emigrated to the U.S. in 1930, and worked at a foundry for a year in Phillipsburg, New Jersey to afford to return to Scotland a year later to bring his wife Agnes over on the steamship "Cameronia" in June of 1931 via NYC. Some of this is referenced in his son Jim's obit As per other kin, David was introduced to the Brethren while in the old country, and was in fellowship at Phillipsburg Gospel Hall, a home meeting, for a period of time. In the early 1930's, he and Agnes moved to Hendersonville, North Carolina where he was in fellowship with an assembly in Asheville for a number of years. His daughter received opportunity to attend a school in Mansfield, Ohio and that assembly gave him commendation for that, they moved there in 1940, which was his base of operations for the remainder of his life. L&L 1944-3: Address Changes: "D. Calderhead is now living at 325 Reed St., Mansfield, Ohio."

From 1940-1948, David and his family were in fellowship with Mansfield Gospel Hall until it rebranded as Lincoln Heights Gospel Chapel, at which point some changes were made to their routine. David started commuting an hour with some of his children to Akron Gospel Hall, and Agnes stayed for a few years at Lincoln Heights, along with their son Jim who later became an elder and a Sunday School teacher there. As per Agnes' obit, she was latterly a member of "Mansfield Gospel Hall", so it is presumable that when a new assembly was started in 1959 under that name, with the assistance of itinerant Norman Crawford (who also was instrumental in starting nearby Clyde Gospel Hall in 1960, that David and Agnes both transferred to the new Mansfield Gospel Hall as co-founders.

  • David Octavius Calderhead 1940-1948 (b. 1897 Camnethan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland - d. 1980 Mansfield, OH), son of James Calderhead (b. 1860 Galston, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scot. - d. 1930 Larkhall, Strathclyde, Scot.) & Elizabeth Keer Borland Sharp-Calderhead (b. 1858 West Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scot. - d. 1930 Larkhall, Scot.).
  • Agnes Morton McFarlane Calderhead 1940-1957+? (b. 1897 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scot. - d. 1989 Mansfield, OH), daughter of John Ross McFarlane (b. 1872 Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scot. - d. 1944 Hamilton, ON) & Christina Gray McLean McFarlane (b. 1875 Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scot. - d. 1925 Hamilton, ON). Her memorial service was officiated by Harold Clark & Robert Surgenor, as per her obit. Agnes' maiden name is also sometimes spelled MacFarlane, but her father's name was spelled McFarlane.
    • Elizabeth "Betty" McFarlane Calderhead Hoffman 1940-1948 (b. 1922 Larkhall, Scot. - d. 2019 Mansfield, OH). Husband: Paul Earl Hoffman (b. 1922 Indianapolis, Marion, IN - d. 2011 Mansfield, OH), son of Paul William F. Hoffman (b. 1904 Crestline, Crawford, OH - d. 1973 Mansfield, OH) & Zelma K. Heid Hoffman (b. 1904 North Vernon, Jennings, IN - d. 1938 Indianapolis, IN). It is presumable that Betty transferred in 1948 with her father to Akron Gospel Hall, Paul later became a correspondent for the current Mansfield Gospel Hall.
    • James "Jim" Calderhead 1940-1980+? (b. 1925 Larkhall, Scot. - d. 2005 Mansfield, OH). Wife (1948): Lola Jean Bemiller Calderhead (b. 1926 Johnsville, Montgomery, OH - d. 2022 Mansfield, OH), daughter of Franklin "Frank" Emerson Bemiller (b. 1884 Butler, Richland, OH - d. 1957 Richland Co., OH) & Bessie "Bess" Windbigler Bemiller (b. 1889 Morrow Co., OH - d. 1970 Mansfield, OH). Jim enlisted in the U.S. Army on Sept. 8, 1943 and served with Co. 1, 502nd Parachute Infantry in combat, including battles in Normandy, Rhineland, Ardennes and in Central Europe. He was employed 1950-1986 with Gorman-Rupp in Mansfield in production of pumping systems. He served as an elder and S.S. teacher at Lincoln Heights, and later at Grace Evangelical Free Church which either purchased LHGC's building or it rebranded as such in the early 1980's.
    • Peter Thomas McFarlane Calderhead was born and died at Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
    • David McFarlane Calderhead 1937-1948? (b. 1937 Asheville, Buncombe, NC - d. 2011 Mansfield, OH). David served with the USMC, and then retired after 30 years for General Motors in its Fisher Body division. Wife (1959): Rowean N. Davis Calderhead, daughter of Bernard J. Davis. In 1959, Rowean was a student at the Mansfield General Hospital School of Nursing. As per his obit, David was born again on July 7th, 1948 while attending the Blue Ridge Bible Camp in North Carolina. His memorial was held at Grace Ev. Free in Lincoln Heights.
    • Anna Jean Calderhead Cunningham 1937-1948? (b. 1937 Asheville, NC - d. 2011 Bellaire, Harris, TX). Notable that Anna died the same year as her twin brother David. In 1948, she was a musical pupil of Doyl Norton, as per the Mansfield-based News Journal.
      • Laura Ann Cunningham (b. 1961 Akron, Summit, OH - d. 2022 Loveland, Larimer, CO).

Colgin family

As per a 1956 article in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Harvey's father "came from the Emerald Isle in the 1860's to join San Francisco's early police force". In 1915, the family moved to Ireland. He studied cooking at the University of London, then Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France. In 1930, he received an honorary doctorate from Prince Valdemar in culinary arts. By 1940, he was a full-time itinerant with the TW exclusives, while in fellowship with Gresham Meeting Room, OR (then at 709 N. Roberts) and residing in Boring.

He was supervising chef for the Pig & Whistle restaurant chain in California, and also supervised the opening of exclusive Chi-Chi clubs throughout Southern California in the early 1950's. He made a survey for Matson Navigating Co. He taught four years at Clark College in Vancouver, WA, which at the time was the largest cooking school west of Chicago, and his first wife Maria Jimenez Esteban Colgin taught a course there for dining room hostesses and catering management. He also was Chef at the Benson Hotel in Portland until 1956.

In 1956, he was a culinary instructor at Hawaii Technical School while also an ice sculpturer for hobby. He was awarded membership in the Honorable Order of the Golden Toque for his work as a chef. He also won first prize (among 2,000 applicants) in 1964 while in Honolulu for "Stuffed Filet of Fresh Island Mahimahi Queen Emma", which was a fish in a pineapple, as per the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

He resided +1978-1998 in Mansfield. He was a member of Ontario Christian Fellowship (now the Ontario campus of Crossroads Church), the CBMA and held Bible studies at Reed's Department Store, sponsored by John Cook. His memorial was officiated by Jim Haring & Bill Roller of Ontario Christian Fellowship. He co-officiated the memorial service for Anna W. Forrest Stambaugh (1909-1980), sister of LHGC's earliest known correspondent John Alexander "Alec" Forrest (1906-1994), alongside David Pound of Berean Baptist of Mansfield.

Malia's mother Catherine was noted in Honolulu Star-Bulletin at the time of her death as having left 114 descendants. Catherine's parents were born in Portugal. Anacleto & Catherine were both RC. Anacleto was an Army veteran of WWI. Malia was a member latterly of the Apostolic Christian Church of Mansfield.

  • Harvey Dee Colgin +1980+ (b. 1906 Los Angeles, CA - d. 1998 Mansfield, OH), son of Daniel Frank Colgin (b. 1878 near Bayard, KS - d. 1939 L.A., CA) & Dorothy Arnold Colgin (b. KS). Daniel was employed in 1920 as an agent for Union Oil, residing in Burbank. Daniel's 2nd wife: Rose Lillie Junod Colgin (b. 1880 Highland, Madison, IL - d. 1963 L.A., CA), daughter of Gustave L. Junod (b. 1849 [[Switzerland - d. 1925 Burbank, CA) & Elizabeth Bosley Junod (b. 1850 Switz. - d. 1928 Burbank, CA).
  • Malia Fernandez Esclares-Colgin (b. 1913 Hilo, HI - d. 1993 Mansfield, OH), daughter of Anacleto "Cleto" Fernandez (b. 1892 Philippines - d. 1983 Kahului, Maui, HI) & Candida "Catherine" Jardine Fernandez (b. 1896 Hamakua, HI - d. 1972 Lahaina, Maui, HI).
    • Helene Colgin - Hilo, HI
    • Diane Colgin - Kapiolani, HI
    • Dolores Colgin Buttrell - Hemet, CA
    • Geraldine Colgin Sivils - Honolulu, HI
    • Germaine Colgin Lockman - Carson City, NV
    • Martin Esteban - Hilo, HI

Forrest family

1910 @ Chancer St., Pittsburgh, PA. 1920 @ Lang Ave. 1936 @ 25 Elmwood Dr., Mansfield. By 1940, Alex had relocated to Lima, Allen, Ohio where he was employed as an accountant with Westinghouse Mfg. on South Metcalf. By 1942, he was residing back in Pennsylvania. In 1948, he was a clerk for the Booth Motor Co., a Chevrolet auto dealership on Sixth Ave., near the Penn-McKee Hotel, in McKeesport, PA. He resided that year at 514 Archer Ave., as did engineer Alex T. Forrest, machinist James Forrest and his wife Hannah. +1950-1963 @ Brentwood, Pittsburgh, PA.

John had one sister, Anna Watson Forrest Stambaugh (b. 1909 Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1980 Mansfield, OH). Anna's husband (1953 @ Mansfield, OH): Lewis Edgar Stambaugh (1917-2011 Mansfield, OH), son of Lawrence Edward Stambaugh (b. 1889 Ickesburg, Perry, PA - d. 1958 Mansfield, OH) & Loa M. Weatherby Stambaugh (b. 1894 Plymouth, Richland, OH - d. 1958 Mansfield, OH). As per his obit, Lewis "was a talented pianist and organist" with a radio music program on WMAN in his 20's. He also co-founded Mansfield's Youth for Christ chapter in the late 1940's, and directed the YFC Chorale. He was in fellowship in the later part of his life with Berean Baptist in Mansfield. He was also an AAC veteran during WWII, and worked 1940-1976 in QC with White Westinghouse alongside his father. Anna's memorial was co-officiated by David Pound of Berean Baptist and Harvey Colgin of LHGC in 1980.

  • John Alexander "Alec" Forrest 1932-1936+ (b. 1906 Pittsburgh, PA - d. 1994 Keystone Heights, Clay, FL), son of John Alexander Forrest (b. 1882 Scotland; emig. 1903; d. 1911 Pittsburgh, PA) & Elizabeth "Eliza" Armour Forrest (b. 1882 Scot.; emig. 1908; d. 1949 Mansfield, OH). David Calderhead officiated Eliza's memorial in Mansfield. In 1920, she was employed as a dry good storekeeper in Pittsburgh. Alec's father was employed as an assistant engineer and died in 1911 at the age of 29, after sustaining injuries.
  • Isabelle Sim Forrest 1932-1936+ (b. 1908 Sault Ste. Marie, ON - d. 1963 Pittsburgh, PA), daughter of John Sim & Elizabeth Warner Sim. Isabelle's siblings included Ruth Brandt of Garnavillo, IA, Elizabeth Sim, Mary Clarquist and John Sim of Chicago, Alice Keating & George Sim.
    • John Alexander Forrest (b. 1940 Lima, OH)
    • Lt. Douglas Armour Forrest (b. 1942 PA). Wife (1966): Lynne Sharon Greer Forrest, daughter of James Greer (Rochester, NY). Douglas graduated from the Univ. of Pittsburgh and in 1966 was stationed at Sheppard AFB in Texas.
    • Robert George Forrest (b. 1945 PA)

Holdsworth family

Fred was a founder of LHGC, as well as of the Mansfield Christian Businessmen's Committee. He worked +1947-1972 for the Gorman-Rupp Co., and also worked on the Black Estate. 1978-1983 @ Phoenix, AZ where he was an active preacher at the Indian School Mission, and Palm Road Gospel Chapel.

  • Fred Holdsworth 1931+ (b. 1908 Coundon Grange, Durham, England; emig. 1927; d. 1983 Tempe, Maricopa, [[Arizona|AZ), son of David Edward Holdsworth (b. 1885 Durham, Eng. - d. 1963 Mansfield, Eng.) & Elizabeth Armstrong Holdsworth (b. 1883 Bishop Auckland, Durham, Eng. - d. 1941 Mansfield, OH).
  • 1st wife: Doris Holdsworth (d. 1979)
    • David E. Holdsworth +1967-1971+
    • Charlotte Holdsworth Rein
    • Margaret Holdsworth Brown
  • 2nd wife: Violet Holdsworth

Hunter family

  • James Hunter, Sr. 1932-1967+

Slick family

  • L.B. Slick 1932+

Sources

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