[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