the school was renamed Johnson College for a short time before it was organized and chartered as Chaddock College in 1878. In 1899, it was reorganized again as Chaddock Boys’ School.
== Background ==
The Quincy circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1832. At the same time, the Quincy district was formed, of which Peter Cartwright was presiding elder, and the whole district was involved in missionary work. In 1857, Quincy had become a station, having 184 members, 145 Sunday school students, and church property valued at US$8,000. The German Methodist Church had a good congregation, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church had an organization.
== Early history ==
In 1853, a literary institution, known as the German and English Methodist Academy, was founded, and a few years afterwards, was raised to the grade of a college. A building was erected, but for some years, was laden with heavy debt. In 1874, Johnson College, of Macon, Missouri, was consolidated with Quincy College.
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