"County Record
First Presbyterian Church, State Center
October 3, 1871 Book 43 Page 301
Trustees: John McNary, James H. Lay, J. H. Jones"
(Hist 004: pg 348]
"Politically, John McNary of this review, is a Republican, and he cast his first vote for Lincoln. he has been road supervisor and school director, also township trustee and township treasurer. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church of State Center." {Hist 004 pg 616]
[Hist 004: Past and Present of Marshall County Iowa by Battin & Moscrip 1912]