William Francis Mulcahy

May 18, 1909 – September 7, 1934

Bill was born in Yarmouth MA, on May 18, 1909, and died of lobar pneumonia in a hospital in Pocasset, MA, on September 7, 1934, at the young age of 25. He was married to Gilda (Massa) (Mulcahy) Anderson (October 24, 1909 - June 30, 1992) and had two children, William Francis Mulcahy (June 26, 1931 - ) and Ethel Marie (Mulcahy) (MacIntyre) Hefferan (June 2, 1932 - ). First Gropings is a collection of poems that were mostly written during the author's years as a student at Revere High, in Revere, MA, during the mid 1920's. Bill kept writing through the early 1930's, struggling in the dep