When Harry Clinton Heath was born on 4 December 1884, in Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, United States, his father, Arthur James Heath, was 44 and his mother, Alice A Sharp, was 25. He married Lillian May Rinearson on 9 October 1912, in Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Jennings Lodge, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Meldrum Election Precinct, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 7 February 1960, at the age of 75, and was buried in Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States.