William Outis Allison Explained

William Outis Allison (1849 – December 18, 1924) was the first Mayor of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey after it split from Englewood, New Jersey in 1895 and served four terms in office.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Allison was born in 1849 in Undercliff (now Edgewater, New Jersey).^[1]

His home burned to the ground in November 1903, resulting in a loss estimated at $75,000.^[3]

He died on December 18, 1924, at his apartment at 115 West 16th Street in Manhattan.^[4] He was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey. His estate was worth over $3 million (equivalent to $ million in).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Allison Park . https://web.archive.org/web/20130329024641/http://www.njpalisades.org/history.htm#Allison. 2013-03-29. www.njpalisades.org.
2. Book: Bobbie Bouton-Goldberg . Englewood and Englewood Cliffs . 1998 . . 31 . 9780752413242.
3. News: Mayor Allison's Home Burned; Englewood's Chief Executive and Family Fled tor Life -- Loss, $75,000. . The New York Times . November 8, 1903.
4. News: Staff. William O. Allison Dies. The New York Times. December 19, 1924.
5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20111106211407/http://www.njpalisades.org/cn2011_03-04.htm. Allison's Will . dead. www.njpalisades.org. 2011-11-06 .