From Old Rowan County, NC To Middle America The Illinois Territory. in the middle of Shawnee Indian Land. Many Rowan County natives are buried in this cemetery in Dongola, ILL. Notice headstone below indicates born in Rowan County, North Carolina..
Best Answer: Disney began his freshman year at McKinley High School there and began taking night courses at the Chicago Art Institute.[2] Disney was the cartoonist for the school newspaper.
Early Life. Walter Elias Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in the Hermosa section of Chicago, Illinois. His father was Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, was German-American. Disney was one of five children, four boys and a girl.