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William Outis Allison

William Outis Allison

Mayor in New Jersey (1849–1924)

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 $53.3 million in 2023).[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Allison Park". www.njpalisades.org. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29.
  2. [2]
    Bobbie Bouton-Goldberg (1998). Englewood and Englewood Cliffs. Arcadia Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9780752413242.
  3. [3]
    "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. [4]
    Staff (December 19, 1924). "William O. Allison Dies" (PDF). The New York Times.
  5. [5]
    "Allison's Will". www.njpalisades.org. Archived from the original on 2011-11-06.
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