Hi all: I am searching for my great grandparents. This is what I know: My great Aunt, Ida Lee WORTHINGTON, was born in Florida, probably Washington County, in 1865. I would presume her father died shortly after her birth. Ida's mother must have married a McDERMOTT. Two children were born to the second marriage. These were my great aunt, Mary A. McDERMOTT, and my grandfather, Johnnie or John McDERMOTT. Both Johnnie and Mary state that they were born in Washington Co., Florida. Mary was born in 1872 and Johnnie in 1874. I would presume that both of my McDERMOTT great grandparents died by 1880 and left all three children orphans. Mary A. McDERMOTT is listed as a ward of the James McLEAN and Catherine GILLIS McLEAN household in the 1880 census of Walton Co., Florida. Johnnie McDERMOTT is listed as adopted in the household of Christian GILLIS CAMPBELL (widow of John CAMPBELL) in the 1900 census of Walton Co., Florida. Catherine GILLIS McLEAN and Christian GILLIS CAMPBELL were sisters. The GILLIS, McLEAN, and CAMPBELL families all imigrated from the Isle of Skye, Scotland and were Presbyterian. Both Johnnie and Mary A. McDERMOTT stated that they were Scotch-Irish, their father being born in Ireland and their mother in Florida. Ida stated that both her mother and father were born in Florida. Johnnie and Mary were raised as Presbyterian. Ida married a Methodist minister. I have first found Ida Lee WORTHINGTON in the 1900 Census of Ponce De Leon District, Holmes Co., Florida. She is listed as a servant in the household of Alonzo Flowers. Ida married Reverend David Crockett STANDLEY in 1903 in Holmes Co.(She was his second wife.) She is found as the wife of David C. STANDLEY in the Ponce De Leon district in the 1910 census of Holmes Co. She died in 1944 in Holmes County. Mary A. McDERMOTT married James Marion COPPEDGE in Walton County in 1891. (She was his second wife. His first wife, Catherine, is buried in the Euchee Valley of Walton Co.) She is found in the Westville district as the wife of James COPPEDGE in the 1910 census of Holmes Co. She died in Bay County in 1941. Johnnie McDERMOTT married Sarah Ellen LAIRD in Walton County in 1901. He died in 1930 and is buried in the Euchee Valley of Walton Co. David Crockett STANDLEY was married first to Sarah Elizabeth YOHN. In the land records listed on the genweb page of Washington Co. is a David H. STANDLEY (David C's father????) Also in the same land records is a Elizabeth YON (Sarah Elizabeth Yohn??????) In the same land records, there are Marvin WORTHINGTON who claimed land in 1906 and Greenwood WORTHINGTON who claimed land in 1891. Both of these dates are too current to have been Ida's father but could have been relatives. Any one out there have any clues for me?? I would love to hear from you. Mary Jane Pattillo marpat@ctaz.com