Jose Francisco Cintas y Mariscal

Jose Francisco Cintas y Mariscal was a Filipino author, businessman and soldier. He was born on July 23, 1889 in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. He was the first son of Maria Velasco Mariscal and Arturo Jacinto Cintas. His mother was a teacher at a local school while his father was a lawyer.
== Early Life ==
Jose spent his first years in the small village of Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija, where he was born and where his mother worked. He was taught how to read and write by his mother at the age of 3 and went to the school where his mother taught.
Jose often spent time with his mother while his father was away in Manila for work. He would come home at least once every month and during Christmas to celebrate. His father, Arturo, would tell Jose stories about the cases he had handled back in Manila and would take him yearly to Manila.
== Moving to Manila ==
In early 1899, his mother decided to take a new job at a school in Manila, where his father also worked. So, they sold their old house in Santo Domingo and decided to move into the home where his father stayed for work, which is in Manila City.
He was home schooled by his mother and tutors until he was 12. He then went to study in Ateneo de Manila for High School and UST for College. He graduated at the age of 20 in 1909, majoring in Literature and Economics.
== Activities After Studies ==
After graduating, Jose lived in his parent’s house for some time while trying to figure out what to do with his life. He helped around the house and in his free time, he would go out into town to look for jobs he would enjoy working. Sometimes he would work odd jobs for around a month. These jobs included: being a food vendor, a journalist, a tutor and more.
Eventually, in 1912, he decided not to look for a job anymore but make a job for himself. He used some money he earned from doing odd jobs to buy some land in his hometown of Santo Domingo.
In August 1912, he had packed up his room and began his journey back up north. He lived in the local church for a few weeks while he was building some small houses on his land outside of town. 
Before the new year, he had finally moved out of the church and moved into his new house. Jose eventually decided to plant rice around the rest of his land and use his Economics major to help him sell the harvested rice. He hired 3 farmers to help him plant yearly and 5 to harvest.
During his free time, he also wrote a novel series based on past event in his life. The series was called “My Times in Santo Domingo”. It sold well in places all over Luzon and far across the kingdom.
== Family Life ==
In 1917, Jose went to Europe to find possible customers of his rice. He travelled to Paris, London and Madrid over a span of 5 months. While in Madrid, he met Clara Patricia Torres in a local market. Clara was the owner of a small café in Bulacan who was visiting her cousins at the time.
They went on a date together that week and after her visit, they both went to Paris together. After the visit to Europe, they continued to date as Clara actually lived in Nueva Ecija. 
Then, after dating for 2 years, Jose and Clara got married in Manila on February 19, 1919. Clara moved into Jose’s house in Santo Domingo but she still owned her restaurant in Bulacan, with a new branch also built in the town. Jose supplied most of the rice to the restaurant and in turn, he earned a quarter of the monthly profit.
In 1920, Clara was pregnant with their first son, Arturo Samuel T. Cintas, also known as Arto. 
== Joining the Military ==
Within less than a year after getting married, Jose began to gain interest in the government and military. He started participating in more government activities and looked for ways to help his country more.
In August of 1919, troops set up a small fort close to Jose’s house in Santo Domingo. Jose and the other people in town bonded well with the soldiers. They traded goods and interests among each other. He gave the soldiers rice and food from Clara’s restaurant while they told him stories from their travels across the kingdom.
One day, Jose found out that the soldiers were allowing locals to enlist into the military. So, after some careful consideration, he decided to enlist to the military. He was accepted and was stationed in Bulacan. After a month, Clara also moved to her old house in Bulacan to be closer to Jose. He often visits Clara’s house every once in a while.
== Present ==
As of early 1922, Jose is stationed in Bulacan and is a recruit awaiting further assignment. Clara and Arto help the farmers around their farm while Jose is writing another book during his free time. When Jose is on leave, Clara and Arto stay in Clara's old house in Bulacan where Jose can visit them.