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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 [https://www.newspapers.com/image/296538438 obit] As per other kin, David was introduced to the Brethren while in the old country, and there was evidently an assembly in or near Phillipsburg where he was in fellowship, and may have given him a commendation, whether initial or supplemental to one received thru an assembly in Scotland. 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, OH|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, OH|"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, OH|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.).
