DEAL, JOHN
DEAL - PETWAY - STRATTON
Biography taken from family history belonging to Petway family
These three families were landowners, one a merchant and all influential citizens of this part of Collin County [Lucas]. The history of these families goes back to Michael Koiner, born in Germany in 1720.
“Near the flow of the Danube River not far from the noble Rhine, Where the golden harvest quiver came a son of the Koiner line.”
That son was Michael Koiner who followed the lead of William Penn and came to the town of Philadelphia in the “New World” about 1740. He married Margaret Diller of New Holland, Pa. in 1749. The subject of this narrative, an ancestor of the late Mrs. J. N. Deal and her daughters, the late Mrs. W. P. Petway and the late Mrs. J. E. Stratton and their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in Collin County, lived at a time when American was still in its primitive wilderness save on parts of its eastern border. Rebecca Koiner, born May, 1815, married Capt. George W. Deal of Missouri. The second of Capt. and Mrs. Deal’s children was John Newton Deal, who married Maggie Engleman, daughter of John Engleman and Elizabeth Koiner Engleman. Mr. and Mrs. John Engleman were great grandparents of the Petway men, Leroy and Fred of this area.
The history says “the John Englemans greatly prospered” in Collin Co., and at one time owned a thousand or more acres of land, much of which is within the city limits of Lucas. They gave each child a good farm. After Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Deal came to the Lucas area they sent their daughters, Virginia and Annie, back to Missouri to College. There Annie met James E. Stratton. He followed her back to Texas and they were married. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stratton of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stratton’s home, a large two-story building in the heart of Lucas still stands. For years he had a general merchandise store on the same lot, and had other business interests. They were the parents of three children: Elmer, Robert and Margaret. Elmer married Zelma Housewright of Wylie. They have one son, Elmer Jr. (Mann) who now lives in New York state. Margaret married Gene Biggs of Lucas. No children. Robert married Laverne Roper of Anna. To this union were born three sons and two daughters. Two of the sons, Bill and Wayne live in Allen.
W. D. Petway married Virginia Deal. They were the parents of four sons: Leo J., born March 1889, died Jan. 1969, Fred I., Eber G. and Leroy. Eber G. married Pauline Kerby. They had one child, Malcolm Leo - Dr. Malcolm Petway lived in Calif. Later Eber Petway married Bernice Boren. No children. They live in Farmersville. Fred I. Petway married Essie Lee Barry (deceased) of Winingkoff. They had one daughter, Mary Louise, who married Billy Miller of Allen. They live in Lufkin, Texas. Later Fred Petway married Edna Moore of Garland. No children. Leroy Petway married Delia Moore of Lucas. No children. This live in Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Deal were the parents of six children: Annie, Virginia, Ed, Will, John N. Jr. and Roy Deal. All grew up on the Deal farm in the Lucas area. Will Deal married Serilda Snider, daughter of Uncle Bud and Aunt Kate Snider of Lucas. John N. Deal Jr. married Annie Ruble of Parker area. Ed Deal married Minnie Fitzhugh of Forest Grove. The Fitzhugh family came to this area before the Civil War and one member of the family donated 10 acres of land - the original part of Fitzhugh Cemetery. Roy Deal married Myrtle Walker of this area. The Roy Deals lived on the homeplace here following his father’s death and continued to live here for a time after his mother’s death. They were the parents of two daughters and a son: Juanita, Dorothy and Walker Eugene. None of the family has lived in this area for years. The Deal farm passed into other hands years ago and the on and Petway farms in recent years.
DEAL
Biography
John Newton Deal Sr. 8-19-1841 - 3-20-1911. Son of George Deal of Waynesboro, VA. Married Margaret Jane Engleman, daughter of John B. Engleman of Virginia.
Issue:
Annie Lee, Virginia Belle, twins, William E. and Robert Edward, John Newton Jr., Carl Leslie who died in his youth & Chester Roy Deal. Mr. and Mrs. Deal married following the Civil War and they and Mrs. Deal’s parents came to Texas and settled about 6 miles East of Allen. The Engleman’s purchased several thousand acres of prairie land and built and operated one of the first cotton gins in Collin County. it was originally a horse power gin. They later converted it to a steam powered gin and added a large grist mill.
James Edward Stratton of Stanton, Virginia, married Annie Lee Deal. Two children.
1. Elmer S. married Zelma Housewright of Wylie, Texas. They had one son, Elmer S. Junior.
2. Margaret Stratton married Gene P. Biggs, son of J. W. Biggs. They had no children.
William David Petway Memphis Tenn. married Virginia Belle Deal. They were the parents of 4 sons.
1. Leo Jenkins Petway, bachelor, born 3-7-1889 - died Feb. 3, 1969
2. Fred I. Petway 9-15-1896 - married Essie Lee Barry Jan. 2, 1922 One child: Mary Louise born Nov 13, 1923 She married Billy R. Miller
3. Eaber Geta Petway married Pauline Kerby daughter of Frank Kerby. They have 1 son, Dr. Malcom Leo, a surgeon who was an officer in the U. S. Navy. He participated in the autopsy of President John F. Kennedy who was killed in Dallas. Eaber’s second wife was Bernice Boren daughter of Mr. and Mr. E. L. Boren.
4. LeRoy Petway married Delia Moore. No children.
William E. Deal 2-15-1873. Married Sareldia Snider (1878-1943) daughter of “Bud” Snider. They had one son.
Virgil who married Pauline Boyd. 2 daughters, 1 son
1. Bobby Joe Deal married Jno. P Beakley
2. Donna Jean. She married a Mr. Cameron. Son Ronnie.
3. Robert N., died 1-12-1966, married LaVerne Roper, daughter of Professor Roper of Anna, Texas. They had 3 son and daughters.
Robert E. Deal 2-15-1873: Died 1-26-1951. Married Minnie Lavada Fitzhugh....Mrs. Minnie Deal born 6-7-1876 - Died 5-29-1951 - She and her husband are buried in the Fitzhugh Cemetery. Four children.
1. Marie Deal married Edwin W. Killian. They had 3 sons.
2. Fitzhugh J. Deal married Bessie Atchley. They had 2 daughters.
3. Newton Edd Deal married Anne May Watts.
4. Wanda who was killed in a car coming home from McKinney High School.
John Newton Deal, Jr. married Annie Rubble. 2 sons and 6 daughters.
1. Viola, born April 22-1899. She died 1915. She married Joe Gilliland. He died 1-22-1952. They had a daughter.
2. Corda, 11-19-1900. She married J. D. Hardaway. She died 11-30-1959. They had 2 daughters.
3. Edna Grace, born 5-16-1904. Married Chandler. They had 2 sons.
4. Leona, 2-27-1909. She married Burl Poteete. They had one son.
5. Ruth, 7-6-1911. She married D. C. (Pike) Ross. They had 4 sons. She remarried Joe Comer.
6. Ollie Beatrice, 3-25-1915. She married Horace William (Jake) Moore. They had 2 sons.
7. John Arlie (Jack), born July 10, 1917. He was married 3 times, 4 children.
8. Virgil Kenneth, born 12-5-1926. Three children. A career Army officer in the finance department.
Chester Roy Deal, born 3-1-1887, married Myrtle Walker, daughter of George Al Walker. They are buried in the Fitzhugh Cemetery. They have 1 son and 2 daughters.
1. Eugene. Three children.
2. Juanita. She married Arnold Higgins.
3. Dorothy. She married H. C. Mueller.
Biography taken from family history belonging to Petway family
These three families were landowners, one a merchant and all influential citizens of this part of Collin County [Lucas]. The history of these families goes back to Michael Koiner, born in Germany in 1720.
“Near the flow of the Danube River not far from the noble Rhine, Where the golden harvest quiver came a son of the Koiner line.”
That son was Michael Koiner who followed the lead of William Penn and came to the town of Philadelphia in the “New World” about 1740. He married Margaret Diller of New Holland, Pa. in 1749. The subject of this narrative, an ancestor of the late Mrs. J. N. Deal and her daughters, the late Mrs. W. P. Petway and the late Mrs. J. E. Stratton and their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in Collin County, lived at a time when American was still in its primitive wilderness save on parts of its eastern border. Rebecca Koiner, born May, 1815, married Capt. George W. Deal of Missouri. The second of Capt. and Mrs. Deal’s children was John Newton Deal, who married Maggie Engleman, daughter of John Engleman and Elizabeth Koiner Engleman. Mr. and Mrs. John Engleman were great grandparents of the Petway men, Leroy and Fred of this area.
The history says “the John Englemans greatly prospered” in Collin Co., and at one time owned a thousand or more acres of land, much of which is within the city limits of Lucas. They gave each child a good farm. After Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Deal came to the Lucas area they sent their daughters, Virginia and Annie, back to Missouri to College. There Annie met James E. Stratton. He followed her back to Texas and they were married. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stratton of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stratton’s home, a large two-story building in the heart of Lucas still stands. For years he had a general merchandise store on the same lot, and had other business interests. They were the parents of three children: Elmer, Robert and Margaret. Elmer married Zelma Housewright of Wylie. They have one son, Elmer Jr. (Mann) who now lives in New York state. Margaret married Gene Biggs of Lucas. No children. Robert married Laverne Roper of Anna. To this union were born three sons and two daughters. Two of the sons, Bill and Wayne live in Allen.
W. D. Petway married Virginia Deal. They were the parents of four sons: Leo J., born March 1889, died Jan. 1969, Fred I., Eber G. and Leroy. Eber G. married Pauline Kerby. They had one child, Malcolm Leo - Dr. Malcolm Petway lived in Calif. Later Eber Petway married Bernice Boren. No children. They live in Farmersville. Fred I. Petway married Essie Lee Barry (deceased) of Winingkoff. They had one daughter, Mary Louise, who married Billy Miller of Allen. They live in Lufkin, Texas. Later Fred Petway married Edna Moore of Garland. No children. Leroy Petway married Delia Moore of Lucas. No children. This live in Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Deal were the parents of six children: Annie, Virginia, Ed, Will, John N. Jr. and Roy Deal. All grew up on the Deal farm in the Lucas area. Will Deal married Serilda Snider, daughter of Uncle Bud and Aunt Kate Snider of Lucas. John N. Deal Jr. married Annie Ruble of Parker area. Ed Deal married Minnie Fitzhugh of Forest Grove. The Fitzhugh family came to this area before the Civil War and one member of the family donated 10 acres of land - the original part of Fitzhugh Cemetery. Roy Deal married Myrtle Walker of this area. The Roy Deals lived on the homeplace here following his father’s death and continued to live here for a time after his mother’s death. They were the parents of two daughters and a son: Juanita, Dorothy and Walker Eugene. None of the family has lived in this area for years. The Deal farm passed into other hands years ago and the on and Petway farms in recent years.
DEAL
Biography
John Newton Deal Sr. 8-19-1841 - 3-20-1911. Son of George Deal of Waynesboro, VA. Married Margaret Jane Engleman, daughter of John B. Engleman of Virginia.
Issue:
Annie Lee, Virginia Belle, twins, William E. and Robert Edward, John Newton Jr., Carl Leslie who died in his youth & Chester Roy Deal. Mr. and Mrs. Deal married following the Civil War and they and Mrs. Deal’s parents came to Texas and settled about 6 miles East of Allen. The Engleman’s purchased several thousand acres of prairie land and built and operated one of the first cotton gins in Collin County. it was originally a horse power gin. They later converted it to a steam powered gin and added a large grist mill.
James Edward Stratton of Stanton, Virginia, married Annie Lee Deal. Two children.
1. Elmer S. married Zelma Housewright of Wylie, Texas. They had one son, Elmer S. Junior.
2. Margaret Stratton married Gene P. Biggs, son of J. W. Biggs. They had no children.
William David Petway Memphis Tenn. married Virginia Belle Deal. They were the parents of 4 sons.
1. Leo Jenkins Petway, bachelor, born 3-7-1889 - died Feb. 3, 1969
2. Fred I. Petway 9-15-1896 - married Essie Lee Barry Jan. 2, 1922 One child: Mary Louise born Nov 13, 1923 She married Billy R. Miller
3. Eaber Geta Petway married Pauline Kerby daughter of Frank Kerby. They have 1 son, Dr. Malcom Leo, a surgeon who was an officer in the U. S. Navy. He participated in the autopsy of President John F. Kennedy who was killed in Dallas. Eaber’s second wife was Bernice Boren daughter of Mr. and Mr. E. L. Boren.
4. LeRoy Petway married Delia Moore. No children.
William E. Deal 2-15-1873. Married Sareldia Snider (1878-1943) daughter of “Bud” Snider. They had one son.
Virgil who married Pauline Boyd. 2 daughters, 1 son
1. Bobby Joe Deal married Jno. P Beakley
2. Donna Jean. She married a Mr. Cameron. Son Ronnie.
3. Robert N., died 1-12-1966, married LaVerne Roper, daughter of Professor Roper of Anna, Texas. They had 3 son and daughters.
Robert E. Deal 2-15-1873: Died 1-26-1951. Married Minnie Lavada Fitzhugh....Mrs. Minnie Deal born 6-7-1876 - Died 5-29-1951 - She and her husband are buried in the Fitzhugh Cemetery. Four children.
1. Marie Deal married Edwin W. Killian. They had 3 sons.
2. Fitzhugh J. Deal married Bessie Atchley. They had 2 daughters.
3. Newton Edd Deal married Anne May Watts.
4. Wanda who was killed in a car coming home from McKinney High School.
John Newton Deal, Jr. married Annie Rubble. 2 sons and 6 daughters.
1. Viola, born April 22-1899. She died 1915. She married Joe Gilliland. He died 1-22-1952. They had a daughter.
2. Corda, 11-19-1900. She married J. D. Hardaway. She died 11-30-1959. They had 2 daughters.
3. Edna Grace, born 5-16-1904. Married Chandler. They had 2 sons.
4. Leona, 2-27-1909. She married Burl Poteete. They had one son.
5. Ruth, 7-6-1911. She married D. C. (Pike) Ross. They had 4 sons. She remarried Joe Comer.
6. Ollie Beatrice, 3-25-1915. She married Horace William (Jake) Moore. They had 2 sons.
7. John Arlie (Jack), born July 10, 1917. He was married 3 times, 4 children.
8. Virgil Kenneth, born 12-5-1926. Three children. A career Army officer in the finance department.
Chester Roy Deal, born 3-1-1887, married Myrtle Walker, daughter of George Al Walker. They are buried in the Fitzhugh Cemetery. They have 1 son and 2 daughters.
1. Eugene. Three children.
2. Juanita. She married Arnold Higgins.
3. Dorothy. She married H. C. Mueller.
