Wm. S. Blauvelt, a former resident of Keyport, died at Brooklyn on Tuesday of last week. He was engaged in the marketing business in Keyport for a long time, and afterward run a farm for several years. He was sunstruck some time ago, from the effects on which he never recovered. He was a member of J. G. Shackleton Post, and he was buried with Grand Army honors.

Source: Red Bank Register March 30, 1887