From the
Beaver Valley News
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Thursday, August 22, 1901
DEATH's DOINGS
(From Saturday's Daily)
ATLAS L. RENO
Mr. Atlas Lacock Reno, one of Rochester's oldest and best known citizens died at his home on East Reno street at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 16, 1901, aged 77 years. He had been in feeble health the past two years with ailments incident to old age.
Mr. Reno was born and spent the greater portion of his life at Rochester. He was a son and the last surviving member of the family of Lewis Reno, who was a son of the Rev. Francis Reno, the first Episcopal minister west of the mountains, and who located in Rochester about 1774. The mother of Atlas L. Reno was Minerva, a daughter of General Abner Lacock. Their family was a large one and its members prominent in their day. A number of them lived to very old age. Atlas L. was the youngest and was the last surviving member of the family. The other members were Marian, who was the wife of the late Capt. James Darragh; Ariadne, Dryden, Hannah, Lydia M., Armade and Adelaide.
Atlas L. Reno was married July 3, 1851, to Pamela J. Dexter, a lady of culture and refinement, who died a few years ago.
The surviving children are Harrison D., Mary I., Louis D., Minerva A., Alice M., all of Rochester, and Prof. William W. Reno, of Allegheny county.
Mr. Reno was a member of and one of the founders of the Rochester M. E. church. He was a gentleman who was fearless and outspoken in denouncing intemperance, infidelity and political corruption and could always be found on the right side of all moral questions.
Beaver Valley News
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Thursday, August 22, 1901
DEATH's DOINGS
(From Saturday's Daily)
ATLAS L. RENO
Mr. Atlas Lacock Reno, one of Rochester's oldest and best known citizens died at his home on East Reno street at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 16, 1901, aged 77 years. He had been in feeble health the past two years with ailments incident to old age.
Mr. Reno was born and spent the greater portion of his life at Rochester. He was a son and the last surviving member of the family of Lewis Reno, who was a son of the Rev. Francis Reno, the first Episcopal minister west of the mountains, and who located in Rochester about 1774. The mother of Atlas L. Reno was Minerva, a daughter of General Abner Lacock. Their family was a large one and its members prominent in their day. A number of them lived to very old age. Atlas L. was the youngest and was the last surviving member of the family. The other members were Marian, who was the wife of the late Capt. James Darragh; Ariadne, Dryden, Hannah, Lydia M., Armade and Adelaide.
Atlas L. Reno was married July 3, 1851, to Pamela J. Dexter, a lady of culture and refinement, who died a few years ago.
The surviving children are Harrison D., Mary I., Louis D., Minerva A., Alice M., all of Rochester, and Prof. William W. Reno, of Allegheny county.
Mr. Reno was a member of and one of the founders of the Rochester M. E. church. He was a gentleman who was fearless and outspoken in denouncing intemperance, infidelity and political corruption and could always be found on the right side of all moral questions.
From the
Beaver Valley News
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Thursday, August 22, 1901
DEATH's DOINGS
(From Saturday's Daily)
ATLAS L. RENO
Mr. Atlas Lacock Reno, one of Rochester's oldest and best known citizens died at his home on East Reno street at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 16, 1901, aged 77 years. He had been in feeble health the past two years with ailments incident to old age.
Mr. Reno was born and spent the greater portion of his life at Rochester. He was a son and the last surviving member of the family of Lewis Reno, who was a son of the Rev. Francis Reno, the first Episcopal minister west of the mountains, and who located in Rochester about 1774. The mother of Atlas L. Reno was Minerva, a daughter of General Abner Lacock. Their family was a large one and its members prominent in their day. A number of them lived to very old age. Atlas L. was the youngest and was the last surviving member of the family. The other members were Marian, who was the wife of the late Capt. James Darragh; Ariadne, Dryden, Hannah, Lydia M., Armade and Adelaide.
Atlas L. Reno was married July 3, 1851, to Pamela J. Dexter, a lady of culture and refinement, who died a few years ago.
The surviving children are Harrison D., Mary I., Louis D., Minerva A., Alice M., all of Rochester, and Prof. William W. Reno, of Allegheny county.
Mr. Reno was a member of and one of the founders of the Rochester M. E. church. He was a gentleman who was fearless and outspoken in denouncing intemperance, infidelity and political corruption and could always be found on the right side of all moral questions.
Beaver Valley News
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Thursday, August 22, 1901
DEATH's DOINGS
(From Saturday's Daily)
ATLAS L. RENO
Mr. Atlas Lacock Reno, one of Rochester's oldest and best known citizens died at his home on East Reno street at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 16, 1901, aged 77 years. He had been in feeble health the past two years with ailments incident to old age.
Mr. Reno was born and spent the greater portion of his life at Rochester. He was a son and the last surviving member of the family of Lewis Reno, who was a son of the Rev. Francis Reno, the first Episcopal minister west of the mountains, and who located in Rochester about 1774. The mother of Atlas L. Reno was Minerva, a daughter of General Abner Lacock. Their family was a large one and its members prominent in their day. A number of them lived to very old age. Atlas L. was the youngest and was the last surviving member of the family. The other members were Marian, who was the wife of the late Capt. James Darragh; Ariadne, Dryden, Hannah, Lydia M., Armade and Adelaide.
Atlas L. Reno was married July 3, 1851, to Pamela J. Dexter, a lady of culture and refinement, who died a few years ago.
The surviving children are Harrison D., Mary I., Louis D., Minerva A., Alice M., all of Rochester, and Prof. William W. Reno, of Allegheny county.
Mr. Reno was a member of and one of the founders of the Rochester M. E. church. He was a gentleman who was fearless and outspoken in denouncing intemperance, infidelity and political corruption and could always be found on the right side of all moral questions.
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