Dillistin, William
Born in Paterson, New Jersey. Married Grace Elizabeth Brader September 24, 1914. They had two daughters. Attended New York University School of Banking and Commerce. Employed with the Silk City Trust Company in 1903. He became a bank examiner and later vice president of the People's Bank & Trust Company. He was president of the American National Bank of Passaic, New Jersey. Employed as general auditor with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He retired in 1950. He served one year as mayor of Paterson, New Jersey. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and BPOE.
Author of Bank Note Reporters and Counterfeit Detectors 1826-1866. It was published by the ANS as monograph 114 in 1949. Author of A Descriptive History of National Bank Notes in 1956. Author of A Historical Directory of the Banks of the State of New York (1949).
He died in a hospital in Paterson, New Jersey.
bio: NCAB 51 obit: NUM 77 Aug 1964 page 1050; NYT 6/14/64
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1943Bank note reporters and counterfeit detectors, 1826-1866 : a bibliography
Early version of the work later published in the ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs Series (no. 114, 1949).
