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Allison was born in 1849 in Undercliff (now Edgewater, New Jersey). His home burned to the ground in November 1903, resulting in a loss estimated at $75,000. He died on December 18, 1924, at his apartment at 115 West Sixteenth Street in Manhattan.
He was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey.
His estate was worth over $3,000,000.
