Editing Harry McClintock (section)

==Life==
McClintock was born on October 8, 1884, in [[Uhrichsville, Ohio|Uhrichsville]], [[Ohio]].<ref>(Certified Copy of Birth Record)The State of Ohio, Tuscarawas County Probate Court No. 100191, Record of Births, Date Filed June 4, 1885 Vol. 1, Page 383, No. 35, Witness my signature and the seal of said Court, at New Philadelphia, Ohio, this 26th day of October, 1981. Judge George J. Demis By Janet Lane Deputy Clerk.</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=December 2022|reason=birth certificate}} Both his parents were from nearby [[Tippecanoe, Ohio|Tippecanoe]], Ohio; however, his family moved to [[Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]] soon after his birth. In his youth, McClintock ran away from home to join the circus and drifted from place to place throughout his life. He railroaded in Africa, worked as a seaman, supplied food and ammunition to American soldiers while working as a civilian mule train packer in the Philippines, and in 1899 worked as an aide to newsmen in China covering the [[Boxer Rebellion]].{{cn|date=February 2024}}

In America, Mac traveled as a railroader and minstrel.<ref name="messengers">{{Cite web |title=Bluegrass Messengers - Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock- 1928 |url=http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/harry-%E2%80%9Chaywire-mac%E2%80%9D-mcclintock--1928-.aspx |website=Bluegrassmessengers.com}}</ref><ref>"He's Gone to the Big Rock Candy Mountain", ''Railroad Magazine'', Vol. 68 No. 6, Oct. 1957 p. 57</ref> He worked for numerous railroads during his life.

On October 8, 1917, McClintock married Bessie K. Johnson in [[Farmington, Utah|Farmington]], [[Utah]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} They had one daughter.<ref name="messengers" />