Descendants of Amos Adkins  Complied by Eileen Thomas with added information by Susy Wetz Click here for more information on Adkins family   Generation No. 1           1.  Amos1 Adkins was born February 05, 1780 in Northumberland Saratoga Co., New York, and died August 22, 1851 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.  He married Mary Carr Abt. 1801, daughter of Jonathan Carr.  She was born November 09, 1783 in Greenfield, Saratoga Co. New York, and died September 22, 1847 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.   Notes for Amos Adkins: Amos Adkins served as Justice of the peace.   Information on the Adkins family from: Washington County Ohio to 1980 (a collection of topical and family sketches), Washington County Historical Society Inc., Taylor Publishing, Dallas TX and Paoli, PA. 1980   More About Amos Adkins: Burial: Newport Cemetery   Notes for Mary Carr: Name also spelled Karr   More About Mary Carr: Burial: Newport Cemetery         Children of Amos Adkins and Mary Carr are:         2                 i.    John2 Adkins, born July 11, 1804 in Northumberland, Saratoga Co., New York; died December 01, 1804. +      3                ii.    Rev. Erastus Y. Adkins, born December 17, 1805 in Greenfield, New York; died October 27, 1890 in Tecumseh, Michigan.         4               iii.    Pamela Adkins, born December 25, 1808 in Greenfield NY; died March 21, 1841 in Newport Township,  Washington Co., Ohio.   More About Pamela Adkins: Burial: Newport Cemetery   +      5               iv.    Isaac K. Adkins, born May 06, 1817 in Cayuga County, New York; died September 20, 1905 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio. +      6                v.    Nancy Ismond Baldwin, born January 06, 1826 in Grimsby, Ontario Canada; died December 18, 1851 in Marietta, Ohio; Adopted child.     Generation No. 2           3.  Rev. Erastus Y.2 Adkins (Amos1) was born December 17, 1805 in Greenfield, New York, and died October 27, 1890 in Tecumseh, Michigan.  He married Martha Hill Shaw September 01, 1840 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.  She was born March 25, 1813 in Bristol,  Rhode Island, and died March 25, 1855 in Elyria OH.   Notes for Rev. Erastus Y. Adkins: Erastus Adkins was a Baptist Minister. He earned his D. D.degree at Marietta College in 1838.  He was a professor at Marietta College. He gave instructions in Greek from 1857 to 1859 and in Greek and Rhetoric from 1864 to1866. He was the first Librarian at Marietta College. He also taught Greek at the University of Richmond Virginia. Later, he was a a Baptist Minister and a college president in Illinois.   He was a Minister of the Marietta Baptist Association 1864-1871 Pastor of Baptist Church at Duck Creek, Salem Twp.   More About Rev. Erastus Y. Adkins: Burial: Newport Cemetery         Children of Erastus Adkins and Martha Shaw are:         7                 i.    Abby3 Adkins, born Aft. 1840. +      8                ii.    Rev. Henry Frank Adkins, born November 21, 1841 in Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio; died May 18, 1898 in Grandville, Licking County, Ohio.             5.  Isaac K.2 Adkins (Amos1) was born May 06, 1817 in Cayuga County, New York, and died September 20, 1905 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.  He married Sarah Jane Buckbee Bet. 1835 - 1839 in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada.  She was born August 20, 1818 in Upper Canada, and died January 31, 1903 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.   Notes for Isaac K. Adkins: Isaac Adkins was a deacon of the Newport Baptist Church. He organized Deucher's Chapel in Independence Twp.   More About Isaac K. Adkins: Burial: Newport Cemetery   Notes for Sarah Jane Buckbee: Acording to the 1900 census Sarah came to States in 1838   More About Sarah Jane Buckbee: Burial: Newport Cemetery         Children of Isaac Adkins and Sarah Buckbee are: +      9                 i.    Mary Rebecca3 Adkins, born May 31, 1840 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio; died December 27, 1929 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.         10              ii.    Amos B Adkins, born Abt. 1843 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.   Notes for Amos B Adkins: ADKINS, A.(mos B.), Newport, Newport Twp, Civil, 7 OVC.     +      11             iii.    Alvin Adkins, born October 09, 1853 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio; died January 25, 1926 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.             6.  Nancy Ismond2 Baldwin (Amos1 Adkins) was born January 06, 1826 in Grimsby, Ontario Canada, and died December 18, 1851 in Marietta, Ohio.  She married Luther Dale Dana August 14, 1848 in Marietta, OH, son of Stephen Dana and Betsey Foster.  He was born April 17, 1826 in Newport Township,  Washington Co., Ohio, and died March 02, 1899 in Newport Township,  Washington Co., Ohio.   Notes for Nancy Ismond Baldwin: Taken from: The Dana Family in America by Elizabeth Dana 1956 Lists Nancy's parents as Jesse and Catherine Baldwin of Grimsby, Upper Canada   More About Nancy Ismond Baldwin: Burial: Mound Cemetery   Notes for Luther Dale Dana: Taken from The Dana Family in America by Elizabeth Ellery Dana Res. Marietta; re. to Columbus Kansas about 1880, and to Chicago and died in Western Springs IL, March 16, 1913. Both are buried in Mound Cemetery, Marietta, OH. Occupation: Wholesale furniture.          More About Luther Dale Dana: Burial: Mound Cemetery         Children of Nancy Baldwin and Luther Dana are:         12               i.    Laura Marietta3 Dana, born January 21, 1851; died April 24, 1881.         13              ii.    Theodore Parkman Dana, born June 05, 1849; died January 14, 1850.     Generation No. 3           8.  Rev. Henry Frank3 Adkins (Erastus Y.2, Amos1) was born November 21, 1841 in Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, and died May 18, 1898 in Grandville, Licking County, Ohio.  He married Alice Dana Ewart.  She was born 1844, and died 1898.         Children of Henry Adkins and Alice Ewart are: +      14               i.    Russell Erastus4 Adkins, born 1873; died 1935.         15              ii.    Abby Elizabeth Adkins, born 1867.         16             iii.    Mary Ewart Adkins, born 1870.         17             iv.    Frances Adkins, born 1877.         18              v.    Alice Adkins, born 1881.         19             vi.    Frank Thomas Adkins.             9.  Mary Rebecca3 Adkins (Isaac K.2, Amos1) was born May 31, 1840 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio, and died December 27, 1929 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.  She married James Brown Greene December 04, 1860 in Washington Co., Ohio, son of Richard Greene and Harriet Brown.  He was born September 11, 1832 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio, and died 1910 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.   Notes for Mary Rebecca Adkins: 1910 Newport Ohio Mary R Greene 64 Oh 7births 7 living children May G Greene dau. 40 single     More About Mary Rebecca Adkins: Burial: Newport Cemetery   Notes for James Brown Greene:  Civil, 148 OVI.     More About James Brown Greene: Burial: Newport Cemetery         Children of Mary Adkins and James Greene are: +      20               i.    Jane Amanda (Jennie)4 Greene, born September 07, 1863 in Newport Township,  Washington Co., Ohio; died November 02, 1937 in Newport Township,  Washington Co., Ohio. +      21              ii.    Perley Adkins Greene, born October 24, 1865 in Washington Co Ohio; died May 12, 1942 in Chicago IL.         22             iii.    Mary/May C Greene, born August 03, 1868 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio; died Aft. 1949.  She married George H Bate July 12, 1912 in Washington Co OH; born December 09, 1856 in Noble Co., Ohio; died July 16, 1931 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.   More About George H Bate: Burial: Newport Cemetery   +      23             iv.    Harriet Rebecca Greene, born October 01, 1871 in Newport Township, Washington Co., Ohio; died 1965. +      24              v.    George C Greene, born April 14, 1877; died Aft. 1949 in Of Marietta. +      25             vi.    Ralph Greene, born May 07, 1879 in Washington Co Ohio; died February 1970 in Lacombe, Alberta Canada. +      26            vii.    Carl Brown Greene, born January 1882 in Newport Township,  Washington Co., Ohio; died April 06, 1949 in Rockford IL.             11.  Alvin3 Adkins (Isaac K.2, Amos1) was born October 09, 1853 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio, and died January 25, 1926 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.  He married Emily Jane Middleswart November 07, 1877 in Valley Baptist Church, Newport, Ohio, daughter of Jacob Middleswart and Eleanor Fulton.  She was born April 15, 1850, and died October 25, 1953 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.   Notes for Alvin Adkins: Alvin Adkins was a farmer and a member of the Baptist Church. He attended Denison University, Grandville, Ohio   This poem was written by Mr. Adkins on sixty-ninth birthday on October 9, 1922 and came to light after his death on January 25, 1826   Bury Me on the Hill Top High by Alvin Adkins   Under the blue and starlit sky, Placing my feet towards Sun Rise Street Placing my head where sun sets meet, Leaving one hand next to the Northern Light Placing the right toward the South land bright.   Leave my soul in the care of God Bury my hopes where Christ had trod, Think of the Christ who died for me Think of the Christ who made men free Give to the world the best of will Render to man ill for ill.   Forget me not in life's years When time has dried your loving tears Enrich the land that gave us birth Make more happy this home of earth, Honor the God whose land ye till, Seeking the best your mission fulfill.   But when you bury my body in the hill top high Under the blue and starlit sky, Bury my love in the love of my friends Letting it live there till Christ descends Let it grow through eternity's end.   More About Alvin Adkins: Burial: Newport Cemetery   Notes for Emily Jane Middleswart: Emily Middleswart Adkins was a member of the Marietta Charter of the Daughters of the American Revolution   More About Emily Jane Middleswart: Burial: Newport Cemetery         Children of Alvin Adkins and Emily Middleswart are: +      27               i.    Elgin4 Adkins, born April 1879 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio; died 1966 in Newport Ohio.         28              ii.    Eleanor Fulton Adkins, born April 1882.   Notes for Eleanor Fulton Adkins: Eleanor never married.   Eleanor Fulton Adkins writing of the Adkins farm home, which was constructed in 1810 by Luther Dana and was owned by Adkins til 1967. - "There is more than an acre of lawn about our house and it is one of the most beautiful places in summertime that one ever sees. " The house stands well back from the Ohio River on a gently rising slope. The house is made from bricks made and burned on the farm land. Five generations of Adkins family have lived there beginning with Amos Adkins and family. The Adkins family has thus been a part of Newport life. A fortunate old house it is to have had such good care and love bestowed upon it. Submitted by John Burton Adkins   More About Eleanor Fulton Adkins: Burial: Newport Cemetery   +      29             iii.    Homer Burton Adkins, born January 16, 1892 in Newport Twp., Washington Co., Ohio; died August 10, 1944.     Generation No. 4           14.  Russell Erastus4 Adkins (Henry Frank3, Erastus Y.2, Amos1) was born 1873, and died 1935.  He married (1) Martha Kenner Roberts.  She was born 1875, and died 1908.  He married (2) Mary Elinor Wrightson.  She was born 1880, and died 1978.         Child of Russell Adkins and Mary Wrightson is: +      30               i.    Mary Alice5 Adkins, born 1920; died 1981.             20.  Jane Amanda (Jennie)4 Greene (Mary Rebecca3 Adkins, Isaac K.2, Amos1) was born September 07, 1863 in Newport Township,  Washington Co., Ohio, and died November 02, 1937 in Newport Township,  Washington Co., Ohio.  She married William Victor Torner September 20, 1882 in Washington Co., Ohio.  He was born January 25, 1859 in Jacksonville WV, and died September 01, 1941 in Newport Township, Washington Co., Ohio.   More About Jane Amanda (Jennie) Greene: Burial: Newport Cemetery   More About William Victor Torner: Burial: Newport Cemetery         Children of Jane Greene and William Torner are: +      31               i.    James Hugo Victor5 Torner, born April 24, 1884 in Newport Township,  Washington Co., Ohio; died 1968. +      32              ii.    Florence May Torner, born May 10, 1886 in Washington Co Ohio. +      33             iii.    Elsie Lois Torner, born March 10, 1889. +      34             iv.    Ruth Charlotte Torner, born March 20, 1892. +      35              v.    Glenn Lawrence Torner, born October 08, 1896.         36             vi.    Norris Greene Torner, born March 03, 1900.  He married Marietta Marjorie Christie November 06, 1941.         37            vii.    William Harley Torner, born February 21, 1902.  He married Hazel Terry.             21.  Perley Adkins4 Greene (Mary Rebecca3 Adkins, Isaac K.2, Amos1) was born October 24, 1865 in Washington Co Ohio, and died May 12, 1942 in Chicago IL.  He married Anna F Unknown 1890.  She was born April 1868 in Indiana.   Notes for Perley Adkins Greene: 1900 Cook Co Lake City ILL 6034 Halstead St Perl A Greene Oct 1866 OH Tel. Operator Anna Oct 1866 IN 3 births 2 living children Bookkeeper Vivian Aug 1890 IN Menard July 1896 IN Living with Katharine Omally wd & Children           Children of Perley Greene and Anna Unknown are:         38               i.    Anna F5 Greene, born August 1890.         39              ii.    James Menard Greene, born July 22, 1896 in Indiana; died June 1971 in Chicago IL.   Notes for James Menard Greene: James Greene b July 22, 1896 d June1971 Chicago