Arrowsmith, Reno Cleo

1897 - 1933  (35 years)

• Name	Arrowsmith, Reno Cleo
  Birth	29 Sep 1897	Odin, Marion County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	ARRO.R001
  _FGRAVE	91921185
  Death	24 Aug 1933	Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
  Burial	Peaceful Valley Cemetery, Odin, Marion County, Illinois
  Person ID	I31355	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	Rice, Elsie Marie,   b. 22 Oct 1904, Zenith, Wayne County, Illinois d. 27 Jun 1949, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1923
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 25 years and 3 months - She : ~ 18 years and 2 months.
  Children	1. Arrowsmith, Winston Dane,   b. 23 Jun 1925, Illinois d. 21 Sep 2013, White Lake, Oakland County, Michigan (Age 88 years)   2. Arrowsmith, Charles Reno,   b. 29 Dec 1926, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan d. 16 Jun 2009, Sun Valley, Washoe County, Nevada (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F13138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Sep 1897 - Odin, Marion County, Illinois Death - 24 Aug 1933 - Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan Burial - - Peaceful Valley Cemetery, Odin, Marion County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Taken from the Grand Rapids Press- Aug, 24, 1933- Pg 8 DEAF MAN KILLED BY PENNSY TRAIN Reno Arrowsmith, Detroit, Victim; Mute Companion Jumps to Safety. -- Reno Arrowsmith, 35, deaf and mute, who resided in Detroit, was killed about 8:30 Thursday morning when struck by Pennsylvania passenger train No. 537 while he was walking with another man who could not hear or speak, Clayton Mills, also of Detroit, near Fisher Station. -- Arrowsmith and his companion had been in Grand Rapids and were planning to board a freight train for Chicago to visit Arrowsmith's wife. -- The companion said he did not see the approaching train, but leaped from the tracks when he felt the vibrations. Mills was too far away from Arrowsmith to warn him; although the latter apparently felt the vibrations just before he was struck because he attempted to leap from the tracks. -- The body was taken to the Clarence D. Sullivan mortuary. Note: Reno was one of the original founders of DAD- Detroit Association of the Deaf Club-1916 - DAD is one of the oldest U.S. established deaf organizations based in Detroit, Michigan.