The following is a letter written by Norris Torner to Marlene Adams Morris.  It is dated October 5, 1975.  He mailed a spoon from the silver set of Isaac and Sarah Adkins.  Dear Marlene, As I have a little time this p.m., I will try and fill you in on the old spoon's history.  It seems that after Grandmother Adkins died her silver set was divided among her heirs.  Here is the way it goes: Isaac Adkins 1817-1905 married Sarah Jane Buckbee 1818-1903 some time in the 1830s at Grimsby Ontario Canada.  For their honeymoon, they rode horse back from Grimsby to Newport and purchased the brick house which is now Dr. Gale's home and 150 acres of land. Grandmother rode on a side saddle and I was told her skirt came nearly to the ground when she was mounted.  Their daughter--married 1861. Mary Rebecca Adkins 1840-1929. Their daughter married 1882 Jennie Greene 1863-1937 married Wm. V. Torner 1859-1941 Their daughter married 1919 Florence M. Torner 1886-1966 Their son Jack A. Adams married Betty Shupe Their daughter Marlene... You will have to fill in the dates.  I do not remember.  So this figures out that your Sarah J. Adkins was your Great-Great-Great Grandmother.  The Adkins, Greenes, and Torners are all buried in the Newport Cemetery. Marjorie continues to lose both weight and strength.  She is very thin and quite forgetful also too weak to be up anymore.  She sleeps much of the time which helps her to pass the long hours of being bedfast.  I keep as usual. We hope you are all settled in and enjoying your apartment.  Kive from both of us.  M-N Note:  A heartfelt thank-you to the owners of the Adkins home.  They opened their doors and invited strangers in for a tour.  I understand this house was known as Temperance House and that William Henry Harrison delivered a campaign speech on its lawn.  It's a beautiful home situated near the Ohio River.    Norris Greene Torner and Marjorie Torner on their weddiing day: