July 8, 1869 – Iowa pioneer, State Treasurer, and Iowa City mayor – Morgan Reno – dies, at age 52, in Iowa City.
Morgan Reno was born in 1816 in Pennsylvania and was one of Iowa City’s earliest pioneers (1842), coming first to Burlington in 1839, and serving as the Iowa Territorial Treasurer from 1840-1846 as well as the Librarian of Iowa Territory Offices from 1841-1846. In 1846, when Iowa became the 29th State, Reno continued on as the State Treasurer, serving here in Iowa City between 1846-1850. In 1857, Reno became mayor of Iowa City – serving one year, and when the Civil War broke out, Reno served as 1st Lieutenant & Commissary in the 6th Calvary from 1862-1865.
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