Wesley Ernest Disney | b: 1883 31 OCT Richland, Kansas | |
Died: 1961 26 MAR in Washington, D.C | Lawyer and Politician | |
Marriage 1 Anna Vansant | b: ABT 1885 in Kansas | |
Married: ABT 1917 in probably Oklahoma | ||
Children: |
1. | Wesley V. Disney | b: 1919 7 OCT in Kansas [Adopted] | |
2. | Ralph Willard Disney | b: 1923 13 MAR in Kansas City, Missouri [Adopted] | |
1. | Wesley Vansant Disney | b: 1919 OCT 7 [adopted] | ||
Died: 5 FEB 1989 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma (Suicide) | ||||
Spouse: Virginia FRAYSER | b: unknown from Plainfield NJ | |||
Married 1941 ABT | ||||
No further information found | ||||
2. | Ralph Willard Disney | b: 1923 MAR 13 [adopted} | ||
PHD Oil Geologist with Phillips Petroleum | ||||
Died: 14 AUG 1995 in Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri | ||||
Spouse: Beverly E or B Berry | b: unknown | |||
Children: |
1. |
Wesley E. Disney II | b: unknown | |||
2. | Salley Cameron Disney | b: unknown | |||
3. | Mary Vansant Disney | b: unknown | |||
4. | Robert Berry Disney | b: unknown | |||
Note: Anna Van Sant and Nettie Van Sant were sisters
Loren G. Disney married Nettie Van Sant
Wesley E. Disney married Anna Van Sant
Family references to: Aunt Anna is Anna Van Sant
Family references to: Anna V Disney is Anna Van Sant (Anna signed her paintings as
Anna V Disney)
Born in Richland, Kansas, Disney attended the public schools of Kansas and graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1906. He was admitted to the Kansas bar in 1906, the Oklahoma bar in 1908, and began practice in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1908. County attorney of Muskogee County, Oklahoma from 1911 to 1915. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1919-1924. He served as chairman of the board of managers in the impeachment trial of Gov. John C. Walton in 1923. Location within the state of Oklahoma County Muskogee County Mayor Wren Stratton Area
Disney was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931 - January 3, 1945). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1944, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. He engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and Tulsa, Oklahoma, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 26, 1961. He was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma.