William Outis Allison
Mayor in New Jersey (1849–1924)
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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 $56.4 million in 2025).[5]
