Allison, William Outis (1849-1924)

William Outis Allison was a banker and philanthropist. He acted as vice president of the Palisades Trust and Guaranty Company of Englewood, president of the National Reserve Bank of New York, president of the publishing company that owned Oil, Pain and Drug Reporter, Druggist's Circular, and Painters Magazine, and a director of Lincoln Trust Company. He lived in Englewood Cliffs and developed the W. O. Allison Real Estate Company. He was a member of the Bergen County Historical Society, helped create the Palisades Interstate Park, and donated land that would eventually become Flat Rock Brook Nature Center upon his death. He married Caroline Longstreet Hovey in 1884. After her death, he married Caroline Amelia Shaw in 1897.  He had five children, Katharine Floyd Allison MacLean, Frances Cornelia, Allis, William Dana, and Van Kleeck.

He became the first Mayor of Englewood Cliffs after the town split from Englewood and became its own borough.

"William Outis Allison." Find A Grave.

"Englewood Cliffs' Founder is Dead." The Record, 18 Dec. 1924, p. 2.

1849-03-30

Bergen County, USA

1924-12-18

"William Outis Allison." Find A Grave.