Cahill, Robert Ellis, 1934-2005

found: Wikipedia, October 3, 2016(Robert Ellis Cahill; Robert Ellis Cahill (November 25, 1934-June 19, 2005) was a folklorist and author; he was the author of more than three dozen books on New England history and folklore, as well as on scuba diving, shipwrecks and pirates; Cahill served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1970 to 1975; from 1975 to 1978 he served as Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts; several of Cahill's books center on the infamous Salem Witch Trials and related topics, such as accounts of the Salem "Witch Dungeon" and colonial era crime and punishment; Cahill was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts and also wrote several auto-biographical books, one recounting his experiences as Sheriff, and another relating tales of his childhood growing up in New England during World War II)

found: WickedLocal.com, October 3, 2016(June 20, 2008 edition; Robert Cahill: A friend to Salem history; Robert Ellis Cahill (1934-2005), known to his many friends as “Bob Cahill” or “Bobby,” was one of Salem's most significant historians, book publishers, museum creators and educators; born in Salem in 1934, he graduated from Boston University in 1957; following graduation, Cahill served in the U.S. Army before relocating to Hartford, Conn., where he worked as a public-relations professional for Aetna and the John Hancock Insurance companies; he then returned to Salem and became an advertising executive and a Salem City Councilor as well as state representative for Salem and Marblehead between 1970 and 1974; in the 1970s Cahill founded the Salem Witch's Dungeon Museum; during the 1990s, he produced many small paperback books that boosted Salem's heritage tourism industry; he published about 20 titles under the Old Saltbox Publishing Company label; in 1994, Cahill developed his second Salem museum, the New England Pirate Museum; about the same time, Old Saltbox Publishing released “New England's Pirates and Lost Treasures;” he died unexpectedly while in Florida on June 19, 2005)