[1] Immanuel Methodist Church, Crisfield, MD.
Father: James Tawes
Mother: Alice Byrd
Wife: Helen Avalynne Gibson (m. 25-Dec-1915, two children)
Son: Philip W. Tawes
Daughter: Mrs. William R. Wilson, Jr.
High School: Wilmington Conference Academy, Dover, DE (1912)
University: Sadlers, Bryant and Stratton Business College
Administrator: Trustee, Wesley Junior College
Administrator: Trustee, Dickinson College
Treasurer of Maryland (1973-75)
Maryland State Official Secretary, Dept. of Natural Resources
Maryland State Official Chairman, Board of Natural Resources
Governor of Maryland (1959-67)
Maryland State Official Comptroller (1950-59)
Maryland State Official State Banking Commission:(1947-50)
Maryland State Official Comptroller (1939-47)
Maryland State Official Clerk, Circuit Court of Somerset County (1930-38)
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
Freemasonry
Knights of Pythias
Rotary International Crisfield
Shriners