Dr. P. H. Tawes Died Thursday In Baltimore
Funeral Sunday At Christ Church
Through the death of Doctor P. Henry Tawes which occurred at the University Hospital, Baltimore, Thursday night, Cambridge and Dorchester county sustains the loss of one of its most prominent and esteemed physicians and citizens, who through a long and active practice had endeared himself to thousands of people in all walks of life. No man in the county was better known or more highly regarded than this man who had devoted his entire life to the relief of suffering and health impairment of his fellowman.
Born at Crisfield on December 4, 1879, he was the son of Leonard Smith and Mary Lawson Tawes, a descendant of the Hyslop and Watson families on his paternal side and the Nelson family on his maternal side, settlers of Accomack County, Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Dr. Tawes was educated in the public schools of Somerset county and graduated from the Crisfield High School. Later he entered Western Maryland College and was a member of the graduating class of 1901 after which he matriculated in the University of Maryland Medical School, where he received his M.D. in 1904. He began his practice of medicine at Smith’s Island in Somerset county, and it was here that he met and married Mrs. Tawes who at the time was teaching in the public school there. In 1911 he came to Dorchester county and resided for a number of years in Bishop’s Head where he followed his profession. In 1924 his family moved to Cambridge and had resided at their beautiful home on Oakley Street, but he continued an office in Lower Dorchester.
Although he suffered a severe heart attack in 1930, which caused his family and friends much alarm, his condition had improved and he had continued to practice medicine practically until his death. His health lately was found to be very serious and he entered the University Hospital in Baltimore on Nov. 16, where every known skill to medical science was administered to restore his to health. The public has lost a friend, a man who understood the frailties of human nature, a man who was sympathetic to those in trouble and could be depended upon to meet every test of loyalty. He loved his community which he had served so well and given so much.
Dr. Tawes was a member of the Dorchester County Medical Association, Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, American Medical Association, Maryland Historical Society, and a member of the Cambridge Maryland Hospital Medical Staff.
Dr. Tawes was widely known as a keen student and authority on antiques and was often consulted by dealers and friends as to the authenticity of collectors’ items. He loved antiques, not for their monetary value, but for their historical association and intrinsic beauty and warmth that they afford. His private collection is regarded by experts to be one of the finest in the State.
He was an outstanding sports enthusiast and was particularly fond of baseball. During the Eastern Shore League season he seldom missed a home game and was one of the home team’s most staunch supporters.
On June 14, 1909 he married Miss Winnie Leach, daughter of the late Thomas Leach and Annie Collins Leach, by whom he is survived. Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Herman H. Hoene of Baltimore, one sister, Mrs. Naomi Hall of Crisfield, Md., two small grandchildren of Baltimore, and one niece, Elizabeth Hall of Crisfield.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. Brown officiating. Interment will be in the Old Trinity Cemetery at Church Creek.
Friends may call at the LeCompte Funeral Home this evening. Please omit flowers.
The Daily Banner, Cambridge, Maryland, Saturday evening, November 27, 1948, p. 1
Funeral Sunday At Christ Church
Through the death of Doctor P. Henry Tawes which occurred at the University Hospital, Baltimore, Thursday night, Cambridge and Dorchester county sustains the loss of one of its most prominent and esteemed physicians and citizens, who through a long and active practice had endeared himself to thousands of people in all walks of life. No man in the county was better known or more highly regarded than this man who had devoted his entire life to the relief of suffering and health impairment of his fellowman.
Born at Crisfield on December 4, 1879, he was the son of Leonard Smith and Mary Lawson Tawes, a descendant of the Hyslop and Watson families on his paternal side and the Nelson family on his maternal side, settlers of Accomack County, Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Dr. Tawes was educated in the public schools of Somerset county and graduated from the Crisfield High School. Later he entered Western Maryland College and was a member of the graduating class of 1901 after which he matriculated in the University of Maryland Medical School, where he received his M.D. in 1904. He began his practice of medicine at Smith’s Island in Somerset county, and it was here that he met and married Mrs. Tawes who at the time was teaching in the public school there. In 1911 he came to Dorchester county and resided for a number of years in Bishop’s Head where he followed his profession. In 1924 his family moved to Cambridge and had resided at their beautiful home on Oakley Street, but he continued an office in Lower Dorchester.
Although he suffered a severe heart attack in 1930, which caused his family and friends much alarm, his condition had improved and he had continued to practice medicine practically until his death. His health lately was found to be very serious and he entered the University Hospital in Baltimore on Nov. 16, where every known skill to medical science was administered to restore his to health. The public has lost a friend, a man who understood the frailties of human nature, a man who was sympathetic to those in trouble and could be depended upon to meet every test of loyalty. He loved his community which he had served so well and given so much.
Dr. Tawes was a member of the Dorchester County Medical Association, Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, American Medical Association, Maryland Historical Society, and a member of the Cambridge Maryland Hospital Medical Staff.
Dr. Tawes was widely known as a keen student and authority on antiques and was often consulted by dealers and friends as to the authenticity of collectors’ items. He loved antiques, not for their monetary value, but for their historical association and intrinsic beauty and warmth that they afford. His private collection is regarded by experts to be one of the finest in the State.
He was an outstanding sports enthusiast and was particularly fond of baseball. During the Eastern Shore League season he seldom missed a home game and was one of the home team’s most staunch supporters.
On June 14, 1909 he married Miss Winnie Leach, daughter of the late Thomas Leach and Annie Collins Leach, by whom he is survived. Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Herman H. Hoene of Baltimore, one sister, Mrs. Naomi Hall of Crisfield, Md., two small grandchildren of Baltimore, and one niece, Elizabeth Hall of Crisfield.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. Brown officiating. Interment will be in the Old Trinity Cemetery at Church Creek.
Friends may call at the LeCompte Funeral Home this evening. Please omit flowers.
The Daily Banner, Cambridge, Maryland, Saturday evening, November 27, 1948, p. 1
Dr. P. H. Tawes Died Thursday In Baltimore
Funeral Sunday At Christ Church
Through the death of Doctor P. Henry Tawes which occurred at the University Hospital, Baltimore, Thursday night, Cambridge and Dorchester county sustains the loss of one of its most prominent and esteemed physicians and citizens, who through a long and active practice had endeared himself to thousands of people in all walks of life. No man in the county was better known or more highly regarded than this man who had devoted his entire life to the relief of suffering and health impairment of his fellowman.
Born at Crisfield on December 4, 1879, he was the son of Leonard Smith and Mary Lawson Tawes, a descendant of the Hyslop and Watson families on his paternal side and the Nelson family on his maternal side, settlers of Accomack County, Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Dr. Tawes was educated in the public schools of Somerset county and graduated from the Crisfield High School. Later he entered Western Maryland College and was a member of the graduating class of 1901 after which he matriculated in the University of Maryland Medical School, where he received his M.D. in 1904. He began his practice of medicine at Smith’s Island in Somerset county, and it was here that he met and married Mrs. Tawes who at the time was teaching in the public school there. In 1911 he came to Dorchester county and resided for a number of years in Bishop’s Head where he followed his profession. In 1924 his family moved to Cambridge and had resided at their beautiful home on Oakley Street, but he continued an office in Lower Dorchester.
Although he suffered a severe heart attack in 1930, which caused his family and friends much alarm, his condition had improved and he had continued to practice medicine practically until his death. His health lately was found to be very serious and he entered the University Hospital in Baltimore on Nov. 16, where every known skill to medical science was administered to restore his to health. The public has lost a friend, a man who understood the frailties of human nature, a man who was sympathetic to those in trouble and could be depended upon to meet every test of loyalty. He loved his community which he had served so well and given so much.
Dr. Tawes was a member of the Dorchester County Medical Association, Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, American Medical Association, Maryland Historical Society, and a member of the Cambridge Maryland Hospital Medical Staff.
Dr. Tawes was widely known as a keen student and authority on antiques and was often consulted by dealers and friends as to the authenticity of collectors’ items. He loved antiques, not for their monetary value, but for their historical association and intrinsic beauty and warmth that they afford. His private collection is regarded by experts to be one of the finest in the State.
He was an outstanding sports enthusiast and was particularly fond of baseball. During the Eastern Shore League season he seldom missed a home game and was one of the home team’s most staunch supporters.
On June 14, 1909 he married Miss Winnie Leach, daughter of the late Thomas Leach and Annie Collins Leach, by whom he is survived. Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Herman H. Hoene of Baltimore, one sister, Mrs. Naomi Hall of Crisfield, Md., two small grandchildren of Baltimore, and one niece, Elizabeth Hall of Crisfield.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. Brown officiating. Interment will be in the Old Trinity Cemetery at Church Creek.
Friends may call at the LeCompte Funeral Home this evening. Please omit flowers.
The Daily Banner, Cambridge, Maryland, Saturday evening, November 27, 1948, p. 1
Funeral Sunday At Christ Church
Through the death of Doctor P. Henry Tawes which occurred at the University Hospital, Baltimore, Thursday night, Cambridge and Dorchester county sustains the loss of one of its most prominent and esteemed physicians and citizens, who through a long and active practice had endeared himself to thousands of people in all walks of life. No man in the county was better known or more highly regarded than this man who had devoted his entire life to the relief of suffering and health impairment of his fellowman.
Born at Crisfield on December 4, 1879, he was the son of Leonard Smith and Mary Lawson Tawes, a descendant of the Hyslop and Watson families on his paternal side and the Nelson family on his maternal side, settlers of Accomack County, Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Dr. Tawes was educated in the public schools of Somerset county and graduated from the Crisfield High School. Later he entered Western Maryland College and was a member of the graduating class of 1901 after which he matriculated in the University of Maryland Medical School, where he received his M.D. in 1904. He began his practice of medicine at Smith’s Island in Somerset county, and it was here that he met and married Mrs. Tawes who at the time was teaching in the public school there. In 1911 he came to Dorchester county and resided for a number of years in Bishop’s Head where he followed his profession. In 1924 his family moved to Cambridge and had resided at their beautiful home on Oakley Street, but he continued an office in Lower Dorchester.
Although he suffered a severe heart attack in 1930, which caused his family and friends much alarm, his condition had improved and he had continued to practice medicine practically until his death. His health lately was found to be very serious and he entered the University Hospital in Baltimore on Nov. 16, where every known skill to medical science was administered to restore his to health. The public has lost a friend, a man who understood the frailties of human nature, a man who was sympathetic to those in trouble and could be depended upon to meet every test of loyalty. He loved his community which he had served so well and given so much.
Dr. Tawes was a member of the Dorchester County Medical Association, Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, American Medical Association, Maryland Historical Society, and a member of the Cambridge Maryland Hospital Medical Staff.
Dr. Tawes was widely known as a keen student and authority on antiques and was often consulted by dealers and friends as to the authenticity of collectors’ items. He loved antiques, not for their monetary value, but for their historical association and intrinsic beauty and warmth that they afford. His private collection is regarded by experts to be one of the finest in the State.
He was an outstanding sports enthusiast and was particularly fond of baseball. During the Eastern Shore League season he seldom missed a home game and was one of the home team’s most staunch supporters.
On June 14, 1909 he married Miss Winnie Leach, daughter of the late Thomas Leach and Annie Collins Leach, by whom he is survived. Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Herman H. Hoene of Baltimore, one sister, Mrs. Naomi Hall of Crisfield, Md., two small grandchildren of Baltimore, and one niece, Elizabeth Hall of Crisfield.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. Brown officiating. Interment will be in the Old Trinity Cemetery at Church Creek.
Friends may call at the LeCompte Funeral Home this evening. Please omit flowers.
The Daily Banner, Cambridge, Maryland, Saturday evening, November 27, 1948, p. 1
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