William Outis Allison

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.[1][2]

Biography

He died on December 18, 1924 at his apartment on West Sixteenth Street in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. He was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey. His estate was worth over $3,000,000.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Allison Park". http://www.njpalisades.org/history.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-20. "Allison Park is named for William O. Allison (1849-1924), who had an estate at this location. ... He became the first mayor of Englewood Cliffs, and sold some riverfront property to the Carpenter brothers for their quarry operation." 
  2. ^ Bobbie Bouton-Goldberg (1998). Englewood and Englewood Cliffs. Arcadia Publishing. p. 31. http://books.google.com/books?id=D6cDENmTV6MC&pg=PA31&dq=William+Allison+englewood&hl=en&ei=v9OkTuKaJ4fj0QHbhrCxDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=William%20Allison%20englewood&f=false. "Born in 1849 in Undercliff, Allison rose from the foot of the cliff to the top. ... Defeated in his bid for road commissioner, Allison sued Englewood disputing the voting rights of female landowners and the service ..." 
  3. ^ "William Outis Allison". http://www.njpalisades.org/cn2011_03-04.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-24.