Metcalf Family Mews

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup sugar substitute
3 Tbsp cornstarch
1 1/2 cups water
1 (4 oz) pkg sugar-free jello
1 cup each: strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries (can use all strawberries)
1 pre-baked pie shell
whipped topping

DIRECTIONS
Mix sugar substitute and cornstarch in saucepan. Gradually stir in water until smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute to thicken. Stir in gelatin until dissolved. Cook to room temperature. Stir in berries and pour into pie shell. Refrigerate until firm. Top with whipped topping.

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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. ~ Ambrose Bierce

neemewinanong46@groups.facebook.com

This Group is dedicated to preserving the Native American Indian heritage for all Tribes. Honor our Indigenous People.

Please contact Franklin “Frank”  Cornstalk (Pankie) for more information about the Group. Frank has worked very hard on this project and they’ll be more details added later. I just wanted to introduce those in the Family to Frank and his Group and he can supply the details.

Can we see that the great spirit calls us to action, on many fronts, this is only one of them proliferate love in your homes and let it be manifest outward in your Indian community, then others… Join us to reclaim our heritage in this country.

We need a healing in the community of the first nations, don’t dispel the idea that we have endured and we suffer from unresolved grief, put aside our prejudices and embrace the need to complete OUR circle, principles over personalities. Ho Miigwetch!

The Native American, refers to honesty n quiet wisdom. Moreover, the culture of the American Indian is highly representative of personal power n a union with nature n all her elements. In this noble figure we find the perfect transcendence of earth n spiritual worlds, traveled freely back n forth by one human being. He is one committed to personal dedication n in social situations are graced with sublime, inner peace n divine simplicity. Any image of a young warrior refers to personal stages of spiritual transcendence. Ho Miigwetch!! ~ Franklin “Frank” Cornstalk – neemewinanong

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Tecumseh’s Speech, of August 11, 1810, To Governor William Harrison

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tecumseh%27s_Speech,_of_August_11,_1810,_To_Governer_William_Harrison

Please read, I’m not sure if I have permission to reprint it.

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A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ. ~ John Steinbeck

In response to your comment:

Hi there, I’m on a search to track down who the heck I’m related to. My father was told he was adopted- his name was Douglas Scott Slaney- he died when I was 3. His mother Gail (Lavina) Adkins was his mother. She was the one who told him he was adopted, but we have since found that was not the case…she died 6 months before my father and I don’t have any relatives to speak to. I recently went to the Cook County docs. department and they gave me my father’s birth certificate which included Gail’s name as his true birth mother, it was not amended…I am on ancestry.com…not sure if you can view this tree link- http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24755776/family/pedigree anyhow, by any chance have you heard of Lavina “Gail” Adkins or her family? I know her mother was Atlas Crisp and her father was Robert W. Adkins…any help would be great! I’m trying to figure out who the mystery father was…

I have found many flaws on this Ancestry Tree, I’m not sure who the owner is, but I’ll try and hit the highlights for you:

Samuel Seaton Adkins (1838 – 1883) s/o John Morgan & Sarah Adkins Adkins, is my 1st cousin 4x removed.

He married: Rebecca Abigail Barker (1844 – 1925)
they do have two different marriage dates, not sure why? Maybe they changed their minds or something happened who knows, could be any number of reasons?
* 23 Jun 1867 Carter, KY
* 30 Jun 1867
Known Children:
John William Adkins (1869 – 1956)
Robert Weaver Adkins (1870 – 1922)
Sarah Jane Adkins (1873 – UNK)
Jesse Thurman Adkins (1875 – 1912)
Samuel Tilden Adkins (1877 – 1966)
Weston Preston Adkins(1881 – 1948)

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I have no idea as to where all those other children came from on that Tree link, but they need deleted ASAP as to not confuse others. Several of the family members from this line have sent me information, so I’m sure the information posted above is fairly accurate.

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Robert Weaver Adkins
Birth 20 Mar 1870 in West Liberty, Morgan, Kentucky
Death 6 Jul 1922 in Worthington, Nobles, Minnesota
is my 2nd cousin 3x removed.

*Married:
Atlas Crisp
Birth: 28 Mar 1881 in Ruin, Elliott, Kentucky
Death: 20 Feb 1958 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois

*NOTE: This information is not found on my Tree. I had decided not to track anyone under Robert Weaver Adkins, unless I needed to archive them for later study or they have somehow have married back into the line; down my branch. It happens, more often than not, but until then, I didn’t include the children on the tree.

Hopefully, those that know Gail “Lavina” Adkins, my 3rd cousin 2x removed will contact you directly. Her info is as follows:
Gail Lavina Adkins
Birth: 24 Oct 1918 in Minnesota
Death: 12 Nov 1982 in Olympia Fields, Cook, Illinois

Your dad: Douglas Scott Slaney
Birth: 5 Sep 1953 Illinois
Death: 15 Aug 1983 in Hazel Crest, Cook, Illinois would be my 4th cousin 1x removed.

Please check the information against what you have and I’ll see if I can contact anyone from that line for updates. Contact me any time with any questions or new information that you may have. I’m always glad to help.

Thanks for your comment and Welcome to Family,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf

I do apologize for not getting back with you sooner. I did post a few comments under “Cornstalk,” but decided it may be quicker to address this in a short post.

I’m not stating any of this to be FACT, you’ll have to do the legwork on this one yourself, but this is a brief overview of collected information from others notes on Joseph Adkins, so here we go…

Dicey Halbert B: abt 1804 Knox, Tennessee
{F:John Halbert (1782-1860) M:Susannah Elizabeth Higgins (1789 – 1856)} according to the Adkins families.
Married: J Atkins:
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1825 Knox, TN
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Name: Joseph Atkin
Spouse: Dice Halbert
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1825
Marriage County: Knox
Marriage State: Tennessee
NOTE: There is an tiny “s” on but if you’re not looking hard you won’t see it. Unfortunately, they didn’t actually sign it. It was filled out for them, so no other info is available there.

NOTE: I’m only adding this SOURCE because Dice’s mother was a Haggins, there must be a tie in to your family somewhere: Source: THE TYNG FAMILY IN AMERICA by Brother Anthony of Padua, F.M.S. (Poughkeepsie, NY: Marist Brothers of the Schools) Copyright 1956 by Marist Press-Poughkeepsie,NY

Captain Joseph Atkins,Esquire,son of Andrew and Sarah Atkins,was born in Sandwich,Kent,England,in 1680,and baptized on November 4,1680. He married first ….Stover, in England. He settled at Newburyport, Massachusetts,in 1728. His wife died soon after this. On April 7,1730,he married Mary Dudley. He died January 21,1773.

For details on the Atkins family I refer my readers to “Joseph Atkins,the Story of a Family”,written by Francis Higginson Atkins in 1891.

Dudley Atkins SR.,the youngest son of Captain and Mary Dudley Atkins,was born in Newburyport,in January 1731. On May 4,1752,he married Sarah Kent. He died September 24,1767.

NOTE: National Biography OnLine, Entry on “Pocohantas.”.American National Biography OnLine, Entry on “Indian Wars.”. The Tyng Family in America, Brother Anthony of Padua.

These sources may or may not have anything to do with your line,, but a lot of people have married the two because of Dice’s mother’s Surname – family relationship. Also, if you study the early Powhatan’s on the Indian Scrolls, you’ll see a lot of them were Adkins.

Now the HALBERT families claim Dice’s parents were:
F: Stephen Halbert 1774-1860
M: Virginia “Ginny” 1775

You’ll have to go down that road, its just a place to start. For me, I love the hunt, so I welcome the challenge. I have to admit that I’m leaning toward Stephen & Virginia “Ginny” Halbert, because of the locations of the families, but that’s just me. I’d start there, just because it shows more promise.
Stephen 1774-1860 s/o Joel 1749-1818 & Hanna Davis 1749-1830 Halbert. You’ll need to track the brother’s & sister’s to know for sure. Find any other SURNAME “Atkin” (any variation thereof) relatives in the area at the time and track their marriages, wills, land documents, books, libraries, etc. Even some military records will show siblings.

Good luck, enjoy the hunt, expect to make a lot of mistakes and moreover, Welcome to the Family,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf

INGREDIENTS
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 green pepper, chopped
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 (10 oz 3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1 (20 oz) can pineapple chunks drain with juice reserved
2 c cooked chicken, cubed
1 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
1/4 c toasted almonds to taste.

DIRECTIONS
Heat oil in a large, heavy skillet or pan. Saute green onions lightly. Add garlic powder and soup. Heat until smooth. Add 1/2 cup reserved pineapple juice, the chicken and soy sauce; heat thoroughly. Add pineapple chunks near serving time and heat gently; do not cook! Sprinkle with almonds just before serving. Serve hot over cooked rice.

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True love stories never have endings. ~ Richard Bach

8 qt popped popcorn
1/2 c corn syrup
1 c butter
9 oz red hot cinnamon candies

In a saucepan, melt the corn syrup, butter and red hots together, stirring well. Pour over popcorn. Spread out on baking sheets and bake for 1 hour in 250 degree oven, stirring every 15 minutes.

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A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~ Mignon McLaughlin