Benj. B. Dorrance, a son of the late Mayor Dorrance of Freehold, died on Wednesday night, October 6th, of heart disease. Mr. Dorrance was born in Freehold and studied law in the office of Vredenburgh & Parker. He was admitted to the bar of this county as an attorney is 1882 and opened a law office in Freehold, where he has since practiced his profession. He was admitted as a counsellor last February. On the 14th of October, he married Miss Nellie Perrine, of Manalapan township. mr. Dorrance was in his 27th year.

Source: Red Bank Register October 20, 1886