Person Detail: Arch Merrill

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General Information:
Full Name: Arch Merrill
Biography: (1894-1974) Journalist, author, poet. Arch Merrill was born in Sandusky, New York, and died in Rochester, New York. He wrote many articles on history and folklore of the Genesee Valley and the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. He was sometimes called the Poet Laureate of Upstate New York.
Author's Timeline:
1894		Cattaraugus County Archie Hayes Merrill was born in Sandusky, New York, on August 5, 1894.
1974		Monroe County Arch Merrill died in Rochester, New York, on July 15, 1974.
1974		Monroe County Arch Merrill was interred at Brighton Cemetery in rochester, Monroe County, New York.
1937		Monroe County Mr. Merrill lived in Rochester, New York, where he worked for many years at "Gannett's Democrat and Chronicle" newspaper beginning in 1937.
1915		Ontario County Mr. Merrill attended Hobart College in Geneva, New York for one year.
1927		Monroe County Mr. Merrill was a reporter for the "Rochester Journal-American" from 1927 to 1937.
1943		(Unknown) County A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley (Pub: Louis Heindl and Son, Rochester, New York. ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1969		(Unknown) County From Pumpkin Hook to Dumpling Hill (Pub: American Book-Stratford Press, New York. ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1951		(Unknown) County Slim Fingers Beckon (Pub: American Book-Stratford Press, New York ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1949		(Unknown) County Land of the Senecas (Pub: American Book-Stratford Press ISBN: 978-0-932334-82-4) Nonfiction.
1952		(Unknown) County Shadows on the Wall: Tales of New York State (Pub: American Book-Stratford Press, New York. ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1953		(Unknown) County Southern Tier - New York State (Vol I) (Pub: American Book-Stratford Press, New York ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1945		(Unknown) County The Towpath (Pub: Louis Heindl and Son, Rochester, New York ISBN: 978-1-55787-001-8) Nonfiction.
1950		(Unknown) County Upstate Echoes (Pub: American Book, New York ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1946		(Unknown) County Rochester Sketchbook (Pub: Louis Heindl and Son, Rochester, New York ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1961		(Unknown) County The White Woman and Her Valley (Pub: American Book-Stratford Press, New York ISBN: 978-0-932334-88-6) Nonfiction.
?		Erie County Mr. Merrill graduated from high school in Buffalo, New York.