CPL 64th IL Inf. Civil War.
Son of James Arrasmith and Elizabeth Arrasmith.
A.W. Arrasmith: It is stated by a son of A.W. Arrasmith that the original holder of the Surname was the father or grandfather of James Arrasmith. He was an adopted member of the Cherokee Indians and was surnamed 'Smith'. Becoming proficient with the bow and arrow, the Indians changed the name to Arrasmith.
The same informant indicated that one or more generations of the Arrasmith ancestry had intermarried with Cherokees.
Information taken from Joliet, Will County, Illinois, Higinbotham Cemetery records (dated January 1938)
Son of James Arrasmith and Elizabeth Arrasmith.
A.W. Arrasmith: It is stated by a son of A.W. Arrasmith that the original holder of the Surname was the father or grandfather of James Arrasmith. He was an adopted member of the Cherokee Indians and was surnamed 'Smith'. Becoming proficient with the bow and arrow, the Indians changed the name to Arrasmith.
The same informant indicated that one or more generations of the Arrasmith ancestry had intermarried with Cherokees.
Information taken from Joliet, Will County, Illinois, Higinbotham Cemetery records (dated January 1938)
CPL 64th IL Inf. Civil War.
Son of James Arrasmith and Elizabeth Arrasmith.
A.W. Arrasmith: It is stated by a son of A.W. Arrasmith that the original holder of the Surname was the father or grandfather of James Arrasmith. He was an adopted member of the Cherokee Indians and was surnamed 'Smith'. Becoming proficient with the bow and arrow, the Indians changed the name to Arrasmith.
The same informant indicated that one or more generations of the Arrasmith ancestry had intermarried with Cherokees.
Information taken from Joliet, Will County, Illinois, Higinbotham Cemetery records (dated January 1938)
Son of James Arrasmith and Elizabeth Arrasmith.
A.W. Arrasmith: It is stated by a son of A.W. Arrasmith that the original holder of the Surname was the father or grandfather of James Arrasmith. He was an adopted member of the Cherokee Indians and was surnamed 'Smith'. Becoming proficient with the bow and arrow, the Indians changed the name to Arrasmith.
The same informant indicated that one or more generations of the Arrasmith ancestry had intermarried with Cherokees.
Information taken from Joliet, Will County, Illinois, Higinbotham Cemetery records (dated January 1938)
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