At 07:06 AM 1/31/2002 -0500, you wrote: >do any of you that are researching the Deahl family know when they came to >Hazelton or just Preston co in general. I am particulary interested in Simon >and Katherine Sliegler Deahl and when they settled in Preston Co. >Thanks >Bev Hi, Bev, According to Oren Morton's "A History of Preston County West Viriginia , Vol. I" Simon's father, Henry Deal came from Somerset to an area northeast of Hazelton in 1830. Morton also mentions that Henry had a brother named Simon who settled in Canada. Best regards, Jane