 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tisdale akaberekwa pana December 6, 1890 muWenona, Illinois. Akagadzwa kuUnited States Naval Academy muna 1908 uye akapedza kudzidza aine komisheni seEnsign muUnited States Navy musi wa7 Chikumi 1912. Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga, Tisdale akashanda mungarava dzechikepe uye. Ari mungarava USS Salem, Tisdale akapinda muVeracruz Expeditionmuna 1914. 