Background
Reno, Jesse Wilford was born on August 4, 1861 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Major-General Jesse Lee and Mary Bradley Beanes (Cross) Reno.
Reno, Jesse Wilford was born on August 4, 1861 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Major-General Jesse Lee and Mary Bradley Beanes (Cross) Reno.
Engineer of Mines, Lehigh University, 1883, later Bachelor of Metallurgy.
Engaged in mining and metallurgy in Colorado, 1885-1890. Electric railway expert for Thomson-Houston Company and Edison Company, 1890-1891. Invented inclined elevator or moving stairway, 1892.
Home: 1158 5th Avenue Office: 261 Broadway, New York, New New York
Married Marie H. Snowman, of New York, January 15, 1901.