CAPT. LEONARD S. TAWES DIES AT CRISFIELD HOME LAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Had Been In Declining Health For Several Months
Funeral Services Friday Afternoon
Capt. L.S. Tawes, age 79, died at his home in the Crisfield suburbs, on Tuesday last, after a lingering illness.
Captain Leonard Smith Tawes was a son of the late Henry Tawes and his wife Elizabeth Watson Hyslop. He was born on October 2, 1853 in Accomac county, Virginia and spent his early boyhood at the "Teagle Farm" now called the "Hyslop Farm," at Craddockville, Va.
After the Civil War, his mother having died in the meantime, he and his two brothers, the late Henry Tawes II and John Tawes also deceased, left their homes in Virginia to seek their fortune in distant parts of the world.
When Capt. Len was eleven years old, he first shipped out to sea on a barkentine bound from Baltimore to Rio de Janerio. Later he worked himself up from cabin-boy to the rank of Captain. He was most famous as Captain of the schooner "City of Baltimore" on which he sailed successfully for more than twenty years, mostly in trade to the West Indies and South America.
It is interesting to note that Capt. Tawes brought the first heed of stone to build the "Washington Monument" in Washington, D.C., and the first load of lumber for the construction of "Steelton" which has since grown into a city of considerable size. During the World War he conducted a navigation school in Crisfield and later was a supervisor in the building of war ships at Solomon's Island, Maryland.
Although Capt. Tawes retired more than a decade ago, he was a member of the crew of the "Leviathan" in 1924 and later made a voyage to the West Indies.
Capt. "Len" was one of the most widely known men in Maryland; a lifelong Democrat and loved and respected by all who knew him. He was a thorough, conscientious christian gentlemen, consistent member of Mount Pleasant Methodist Protestant Church and a member of its Official Board; and a director of the Marine Bank of Crisfield. He was a prominent member of Chesapeake Chapter A. F. & A. M. and was buried with full Masonic Honors.
The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen Tawes; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Tawes Hall, of Crisfield; and a son, Dr. P.H. Tawes, of, Cambridge. One sister Miss Sarah Tawes, of Morristown, New Jersey, also survives.
Funeral services were held at the late home yesterday (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. W.L. Hoffman, pastor of Mount Pleasant Methodist Protestant Church. Burial was in the Crisfield Cemetery.
The Crisfield Times, Crisfield, Maryland, Saturday, December 10, 1932, p. 1
Had Been In Declining Health For Several Months
Funeral Services Friday Afternoon
Capt. L.S. Tawes, age 79, died at his home in the Crisfield suburbs, on Tuesday last, after a lingering illness.
Captain Leonard Smith Tawes was a son of the late Henry Tawes and his wife Elizabeth Watson Hyslop. He was born on October 2, 1853 in Accomac county, Virginia and spent his early boyhood at the "Teagle Farm" now called the "Hyslop Farm," at Craddockville, Va.
After the Civil War, his mother having died in the meantime, he and his two brothers, the late Henry Tawes II and John Tawes also deceased, left their homes in Virginia to seek their fortune in distant parts of the world.
When Capt. Len was eleven years old, he first shipped out to sea on a barkentine bound from Baltimore to Rio de Janerio. Later he worked himself up from cabin-boy to the rank of Captain. He was most famous as Captain of the schooner "City of Baltimore" on which he sailed successfully for more than twenty years, mostly in trade to the West Indies and South America.
It is interesting to note that Capt. Tawes brought the first heed of stone to build the "Washington Monument" in Washington, D.C., and the first load of lumber for the construction of "Steelton" which has since grown into a city of considerable size. During the World War he conducted a navigation school in Crisfield and later was a supervisor in the building of war ships at Solomon's Island, Maryland.
Although Capt. Tawes retired more than a decade ago, he was a member of the crew of the "Leviathan" in 1924 and later made a voyage to the West Indies.
Capt. "Len" was one of the most widely known men in Maryland; a lifelong Democrat and loved and respected by all who knew him. He was a thorough, conscientious christian gentlemen, consistent member of Mount Pleasant Methodist Protestant Church and a member of its Official Board; and a director of the Marine Bank of Crisfield. He was a prominent member of Chesapeake Chapter A. F. & A. M. and was buried with full Masonic Honors.
The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen Tawes; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Tawes Hall, of Crisfield; and a son, Dr. P.H. Tawes, of, Cambridge. One sister Miss Sarah Tawes, of Morristown, New Jersey, also survives.
Funeral services were held at the late home yesterday (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. W.L. Hoffman, pastor of Mount Pleasant Methodist Protestant Church. Burial was in the Crisfield Cemetery.
The Crisfield Times, Crisfield, Maryland, Saturday, December 10, 1932, p. 1
CAPT. LEONARD S. TAWES DIES AT CRISFIELD HOME LAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Had Been In Declining Health For Several Months
Funeral Services Friday Afternoon
Capt. L.S. Tawes, age 79, died at his home in the Crisfield suburbs, on Tuesday last, after a lingering illness.
Captain Leonard Smith Tawes was a son of the late Henry Tawes and his wife Elizabeth Watson Hyslop. He was born on October 2, 1853 in Accomac county, Virginia and spent his early boyhood at the "Teagle Farm" now called the "Hyslop Farm," at Craddockville, Va.
After the Civil War, his mother having died in the meantime, he and his two brothers, the late Henry Tawes II and John Tawes also deceased, left their homes in Virginia to seek their fortune in distant parts of the world.
When Capt. Len was eleven years old, he first shipped out to sea on a barkentine bound from Baltimore to Rio de Janerio. Later he worked himself up from cabin-boy to the rank of Captain. He was most famous as Captain of the schooner "City of Baltimore" on which he sailed successfully for more than twenty years, mostly in trade to the West Indies and South America.
It is interesting to note that Capt. Tawes brought the first heed of stone to build the "Washington Monument" in Washington, D.C., and the first load of lumber for the construction of "Steelton" which has since grown into a city of considerable size. During the World War he conducted a navigation school in Crisfield and later was a supervisor in the building of war ships at Solomon's Island, Maryland.
Although Capt. Tawes retired more than a decade ago, he was a member of the crew of the "Leviathan" in 1924 and later made a voyage to the West Indies.
Capt. "Len" was one of the most widely known men in Maryland; a lifelong Democrat and loved and respected by all who knew him. He was a thorough, conscientious christian gentlemen, consistent member of Mount Pleasant Methodist Protestant Church and a member of its Official Board; and a director of the Marine Bank of Crisfield. He was a prominent member of Chesapeake Chapter A. F. & A. M. and was buried with full Masonic Honors.
The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen Tawes; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Tawes Hall, of Crisfield; and a son, Dr. P.H. Tawes, of, Cambridge. One sister Miss Sarah Tawes, of Morristown, New Jersey, also survives.
Funeral services were held at the late home yesterday (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. W.L. Hoffman, pastor of Mount Pleasant Methodist Protestant Church. Burial was in the Crisfield Cemetery.
The Crisfield Times, Crisfield, Maryland, Saturday, December 10, 1932, p. 1
Had Been In Declining Health For Several Months
Funeral Services Friday Afternoon
Capt. L.S. Tawes, age 79, died at his home in the Crisfield suburbs, on Tuesday last, after a lingering illness.
Captain Leonard Smith Tawes was a son of the late Henry Tawes and his wife Elizabeth Watson Hyslop. He was born on October 2, 1853 in Accomac county, Virginia and spent his early boyhood at the "Teagle Farm" now called the "Hyslop Farm," at Craddockville, Va.
After the Civil War, his mother having died in the meantime, he and his two brothers, the late Henry Tawes II and John Tawes also deceased, left their homes in Virginia to seek their fortune in distant parts of the world.
When Capt. Len was eleven years old, he first shipped out to sea on a barkentine bound from Baltimore to Rio de Janerio. Later he worked himself up from cabin-boy to the rank of Captain. He was most famous as Captain of the schooner "City of Baltimore" on which he sailed successfully for more than twenty years, mostly in trade to the West Indies and South America.
It is interesting to note that Capt. Tawes brought the first heed of stone to build the "Washington Monument" in Washington, D.C., and the first load of lumber for the construction of "Steelton" which has since grown into a city of considerable size. During the World War he conducted a navigation school in Crisfield and later was a supervisor in the building of war ships at Solomon's Island, Maryland.
Although Capt. Tawes retired more than a decade ago, he was a member of the crew of the "Leviathan" in 1924 and later made a voyage to the West Indies.
Capt. "Len" was one of the most widely known men in Maryland; a lifelong Democrat and loved and respected by all who knew him. He was a thorough, conscientious christian gentlemen, consistent member of Mount Pleasant Methodist Protestant Church and a member of its Official Board; and a director of the Marine Bank of Crisfield. He was a prominent member of Chesapeake Chapter A. F. & A. M. and was buried with full Masonic Honors.
The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen Tawes; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Tawes Hall, of Crisfield; and a son, Dr. P.H. Tawes, of, Cambridge. One sister Miss Sarah Tawes, of Morristown, New Jersey, also survives.
Funeral services were held at the late home yesterday (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. W.L. Hoffman, pastor of Mount Pleasant Methodist Protestant Church. Burial was in the Crisfield Cemetery.
The Crisfield Times, Crisfield, Maryland, Saturday, December 10, 1932, p. 1
