Only child of Major Marcus A. Reno (Battle of the Little Big Horn fame) and Mary Hannah Ross Reno. He was believed to have died in Alaska during the 1898-99 Gold Rush there, but subsequent research has found an application in 1920 for a US Passport, listing Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as his home of residence. It is currently unknown when or where he died.
Raised by his mother's family in Harrisburg, PA, during the many absences of his father, Ross determined not to enter the Army as his father had. Ross married Ittie Kinney on 20 May 1885 in Nashville, Tenn, and joined the firm of Kinney, McLaughlin & Co (whisky wholesalers). By 1888, the firm was in financial trouble and Ross sold his parent's inheritance for $27,000 which he lent to the firm to keep it solvent. The firm went bankrupt anyway, in 1891. In 1893, Ross became a travelling salesman for the Kinney Distilling Company of Nashville, Tenn. Ross became addicted to gambling and drunkenness, and remained away from his home in Nashville for many months at a time. In October 1893, Ross went to Buffalo, NY to work for the C.W. Frankel Company, under the assumed name of John R. Cameron. In October 1897 he announced to Ittie his move from Atlanta, GA to Seattle, Washington. In August 1898, he sent a telegraph to Ittie, telling her to divorce him, and that he was going to Alaska (for the gold rush); he added that if she did not hear from him in a year, she could assume he was dead. Ittie divorced him on 22 June 1899; they had no children. Subsequent research has found an application in 1920 for a US Passport, listing Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as his home of residence. It is currently unknown when or where he died. He was never heard from again and his actual date and place of death is unknown.
Raised by his mother's family in Harrisburg, PA, during the many absences of his father, Ross determined not to enter the Army as his father had. Ross married Ittie Kinney on 20 May 1885 in Nashville, Tenn, and joined the firm of Kinney, McLaughlin & Co (whisky wholesalers). By 1888, the firm was in financial trouble and Ross sold his parent's inheritance for $27,000 which he lent to the firm to keep it solvent. The firm went bankrupt anyway, in 1891. In 1893, Ross became a travelling salesman for the Kinney Distilling Company of Nashville, Tenn. Ross became addicted to gambling and drunkenness, and remained away from his home in Nashville for many months at a time. In October 1893, Ross went to Buffalo, NY to work for the C.W. Frankel Company, under the assumed name of John R. Cameron. In October 1897 he announced to Ittie his move from Atlanta, GA to Seattle, Washington. In August 1898, he sent a telegraph to Ittie, telling her to divorce him, and that he was going to Alaska (for the gold rush); he added that if she did not hear from him in a year, she could assume he was dead. Ittie divorced him on 22 June 1899; they had no children. Subsequent research has found an application in 1920 for a US Passport, listing Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as his home of residence. It is currently unknown when or where he died. He was never heard from again and his actual date and place of death is unknown.
Only child of Major Marcus A. Reno (Battle of the Little Big Horn fame) and Mary Hannah Ross Reno. He was believed to have died in Alaska during the 1898-99 Gold Rush there, but subsequent research has found an application in 1920 for a US Passport, listing Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as his home of residence. It is currently unknown when or where he died.
Raised by his mother's family in Harrisburg, PA, during the many absences of his father, Ross determined not to enter the Army as his father had. Ross married Ittie Kinney on 20 May 1885 in Nashville, Tenn, and joined the firm of Kinney, McLaughlin & Co (whisky wholesalers). By 1888, the firm was in financial trouble and Ross sold his parent's inheritance for $27,000 which he lent to the firm to keep it solvent. The firm went bankrupt anyway, in 1891. In 1893, Ross became a travelling salesman for the Kinney Distilling Company of Nashville, Tenn. Ross became addicted to gambling and drunkenness, and remained away from his home in Nashville for many months at a time. In October 1893, Ross went to Buffalo, NY to work for the C.W. Frankel Company, under the assumed name of John R. Cameron. In October 1897 he announced to Ittie his move from Atlanta, GA to Seattle, Washington. In August 1898, he sent a telegraph to Ittie, telling her to divorce him, and that he was going to Alaska (for the gold rush); he added that if she did not hear from him in a year, she could assume he was dead. Ittie divorced him on 22 June 1899; they had no children. Subsequent research has found an application in 1920 for a US Passport, listing Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as his home of residence. It is currently unknown when or where he died. He was never heard from again and his actual date and place of death is unknown.
Raised by his mother's family in Harrisburg, PA, during the many absences of his father, Ross determined not to enter the Army as his father had. Ross married Ittie Kinney on 20 May 1885 in Nashville, Tenn, and joined the firm of Kinney, McLaughlin & Co (whisky wholesalers). By 1888, the firm was in financial trouble and Ross sold his parent's inheritance for $27,000 which he lent to the firm to keep it solvent. The firm went bankrupt anyway, in 1891. In 1893, Ross became a travelling salesman for the Kinney Distilling Company of Nashville, Tenn. Ross became addicted to gambling and drunkenness, and remained away from his home in Nashville for many months at a time. In October 1893, Ross went to Buffalo, NY to work for the C.W. Frankel Company, under the assumed name of John R. Cameron. In October 1897 he announced to Ittie his move from Atlanta, GA to Seattle, Washington. In August 1898, he sent a telegraph to Ittie, telling her to divorce him, and that he was going to Alaska (for the gold rush); he added that if she did not hear from him in a year, she could assume he was dead. Ittie divorced him on 22 June 1899; they had no children. Subsequent research has found an application in 1920 for a US Passport, listing Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as his home of residence. It is currently unknown when or where he died. He was never heard from again and his actual date and place of death is unknown.
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