Warren County Iowa Genealogical Society

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    John H. JOHNSTON

    John JOHNSTON, born in Scotland, moved into the township and settled north of Lacona. (Source - Chronology of the early settlers of White Breast Township and Lacona compiled by Edith HEEMSTRA and John FORD sometime around 1980.) 

    John JOHNSTON was elected chairman and clerk of the first trustees of the Indianola First Presbyterian Church elected November 12, 1871. (Source: Presbyterian Church Of Indianola,” written by the Rev. James W. ANGELL, from History of Warren County, Iowa, by Gerard SCHULTZ and Don L. BERRY, The Record and Tribune Company, Indianola, Iowa, 1953, pages 119-151)