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02.  His Childhood and Education

Paul Goodloe McIntire was born in Charlottesville, Virginia on May 28, 1860.1 He was the son of George Malcolm McIntire, a mayor of Charlottesville during the Civil War and a druggist, and Catherine Clark (also spelled Clarke).2

Mr. McIntire lived with his parents, two brothers and four sisters in a house on East High Street, home of the famous “Tarleton Oak.“3

Mr. McIntire’s youth is full of lore. According to his cousin, Ruth Burnley Anthony, Mr. McIntire was not even five-years-old when a Yankee Cavalry made a camp near his home.4 Ms. Anthony said, “A company of Yankee Cavalry came riding by and he was still shaking his fist at them. An officer stopped and dismounted and patted him on the legs and then and there won his heart. He said he loved the Yanks ever since.“5

When a Yankee officer stopped by his home looking for food the next day, one of Mr. McIntire’s sisters claimed that their family had no food in the home.6 Young Paul, however, insisted that they had hams stored away.7   According to Ms. Anthony, the officer smiled and left.8

Mr. McIntire’s sister took Paul to their mother to be scolded for telling the officer what the family had in their home.9 “You always told me to tell the truth,” Paul said to his mother.10 Ms. Anthony continued, “His mother said that she would not switch him that time but the next time to use some discretion. He said at his age he did not know what discretion meant but that he had found out later.“11

As a youth, Paul Goodloe McIntire attended a private boys’ school in Charlottesville.12   Mr. McIntire’s first official job in his teenage years was as a clerk with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Station in Charlottesville.13 He worked under the guidance of William O. Watson, the stationmaster, for two years.14

Mr. McIntire followed in the footsteps of his older brother, George Malcolm McIntire, Jr., and attended the University of Virginia.15   However, he stayed for only one academic year from 1878-1879.16 During the academic session, Mr. McIntire took classes in Chemistry, Natural Philosophy and Literature and Rhetoric.17

While Mr. McIntire may not have received a college degree, he received a worldly education
through a lifetime of experiences and hard work.

End Notes: 
1.  Stowe Keller, “Paul Goodloe McIntire, Biography,” Charlottesville Parks and Grounds, http://www.stowekeller.com/Portfolio/CityParks/Biography/PaulMcIntire.html (accessed April 15, 2010).
2.  William G. Shenkir and William R. Wilkerson, Paul G. McIntire: Businessman and Philanthropist (University of Virginia: McIntire School of Commerce Foundation, 1988), 1.
3.  Ruth Burnley Anthony, “Paul Goodloe McIntire Day” (speech, McIntire High School, Albemarle, VA 20 May 1942).
4.  Ibid.
5.  Ibid.
6.  Ibid.
7.  Ibid.
8.  Ibid.
9.  Ibid.
10.  Ibid.
11.  Ibid.
12.  William G. Shenkir and William R. Wilkerson, Paul G. McIntire: Businessman and Philanthropist (University of Virginia: McIntire School of Commerce Foundation, 1988), 2.
13.  Ibid, 2.
14.  Ibid, 2.
15.  Ibid, 2.
16.  bid, 2.
17.  A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Virginia. Fifty-fifth Session 1878-9 (Richmond: Whittet and Shepperson, Printers, Cor, 1879), 111.

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