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John Edmunds Reno (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, tobacconist)

b. 1820-05-20 d. 1905-12-26

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, tobacconist. Kentucky native. Son of Lewis Reno Jr. and Sallie Kincheloe Reno. Married Adeline Downes Reno in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky on November 27, 1845. Father of Lewis Reno, Lizzia Reno, and Sue Reno. Merchant in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Postmaster in South Carrollton, Muhlenberg County, from May 12, 1851 to January 27, 1853. Presiding Judge in Muhlenberg County from 1852 to 1853. Tobacconist in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Tobacconist in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 248B-249A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 663.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 96B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, p.448A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Muhlenberg County, KY, July 1863, p. 203.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County Marriages, Film #000367186, p. 27.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Martin-Pike, p. 692-3.

"John Edmunds Reno (1820-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial #74280801, accessed October 15, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74280801.

Otto Arthur Rothert, A History of Muhlenberg County, (Louisville, KY: John P. Norton & Company, 1913), 50.

Citation

Reno, John Edmunds. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280337 (November 12, 2026).

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