Jesse Lee Reno (April 20, 1823 â€" September 14, 1862) was a career
United States Army officer who served in the Mexicanâ€"American War,
in the Utah War, on the western frontier and as a Union General during
the American Civil War from West Virginia. Known as a "soldier's
soldier" who fought alongside his men, he was killed while commanding
a corps at Fox's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain. Reno,
Nevada; Reno County, Kansas; Reno, Ohio; El Reno, Oklahoma; Reno,
Pennsylvania; Fort Reno (Oklahoma); and Fort Reno Park in Washington,
D.C. were named after him.Reno was born in Wheeling, Virginia (present
day West Virginia), the third-oldest of eight children of Lewis Thomas
and Rebecca (Quinby) Reno. His ancestors changed the spelling of their
surname "Renault" to the more Anglicized "Reno" when they arrived in
the United States from France in 1770. The immigration date quoted by
this text is in error. The correct date is 1700, landing west of the
present city of Richmond, Virginia on the James River. The family
roots are French and were among the first Huguenots on the North
American soil.His family moved to the Franklin, Pennsylvania, area in
1830, and Reno spent his childhood there. Jesse L. Reno Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter