Josephine Reno

1848 - 1920  (72 years)

• Name	Josephine Reno  [1]
  Birth	5 Jan 1848	Shenango, Lawrence, Pennsylvania   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate birth	5 Jan 1848	New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania   [4]
  Alternate death	11 Jul 1920	Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania   [2, 5]
  Death	11 Jul 1920	Ardmore, Montgomery, Pennsylvania   [4]
  Burial	Pine Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Person ID	I42744	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Martin Luther Reno,   b. 11 Jul 1816, Sewickley Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania d. 26 Feb 1891, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Hannah Iddings,   b. 20 Mar 1820, West Chester, Pennsylvania d. 17 Jan 1910, Shenango, Lawrence, Pennsylvania (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1841	Lawrence County, Pennsylvania   [4, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F25042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles James Fox Swift,   b. 10 Mar 1845, Otsego County, New York d. 5 Jul 1902, Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1869	New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Archie Dean Swift,   b. 15 Aug 1877, North East, Erie, Pennsylvania d. 28 Sep 1961, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F24994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  From Genealogy of the Reno/Reneau Family in America (citation details below): "It is said that she educated her five younger children after her husband's death. Later when asked if she was proud of her children, she replied that it was 'dangerous to brag about your children before they are fifty.'"

  
  

• Sources

  [S5287] The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower by Gary Boyd Roberts. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020. [S8403] Find a Grave page for Josephine Reno Swift. [S8377] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972, on ancestry.com., date and state only. [S7713] Genealogy of the Reno/Reneau Family in America, 1600-1930 by Steven G. Fancy and Sue Reneau Damewood. 2011. [S8377] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972, on ancestry.com. [S8404] Find a Grave page for Martin Luther Reno., year only. [S8405] Find a Grave page for Hannah Iddings Reno., year only.