Truman Bishop Disney (1829-1884), was born on April 29, 1829, son of William Disney (1781-1850), and Julia Flint Thatcher (1782-1831), at Cincinnati, Ohio.

In the Williams Cincinnati City Directory of 1853 he is listed as a commercial merchant and partner in E. B. Townsend & Company with B. T. Edmund, 18 West Front Street, Cincinnati.

In 1856, he married Laura Rebecca Tift (1833-1921). They had two children : a daughter Cora Thatcher Disney (1857-1873), and a son William Bishop Disney (1859-1890).

From 1859-1884, he served as the Clerk and Collector of the Board of Directors of the University of Cincinnati.

Disney was one of Cincinnati's well noted coin collectors and is listed in the Centennial History of Cincinnati.

There are several pieces of correspondence between Disney and the Chapman Brothers in the Lupia Numismatic Library, Special Collection, The Chapman Family Correspondence Archive.

He suffered a protracted illness and died on August 24, 1884, at Cincinnati. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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