In November 2017 Dean and Crystal along with Dean's parents, Dean Sr. and Nancy went together to purchase a property on Ft. Hill Rd, just outside Confluence, PA. The first year that we owned the property we captured this photo of four bears on the property. We decided give our property the name of 4 bears. We then later started joking that four bears (Dean Sr, Nancy, Dean Jr. and Crystal) purchased the property. Our name has since taken on a third meaning. While doing some title research on the property we came to find out my fathers Great, Great, Great Grandparents (John and Jane (Pinkerton) McClintock) owned the propery back in the late 1700's and early 1800's. Thus our forebearers owned the property. (As a further note, John and Jane owed the property when it was Bedford County. They owned it when Bedford County was split in 1795 into what is now Bedford/Somerset County. Thus they owned the same property that existed in two counties during their owneship.
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Our Immediate Family
Crystal and I are the proud parents of two adult children, Caleb and Gabe. Caleb is currently an EMT in West Virginia. Gabe graduated from UNC at Charlotte in December 2023. He is currently working for a DOD contractor in North Carolina.
The Beginning
Crystal and I met in college our very first week there. I was rooming with a good friend of Crystal's from back in upstate New York. It was during this time that a good friendship began and would later develop into a relationship in November 2016 (our sophmore year in school). We were married June 4, 1995. God has truly blessed us with wonderful family and great careers.