under the direction of the Methodist Episcopal church. Professor Jacques, one of its early teachers, was president from 1860 until 1865, and in the latter year, the Rev. George W. Gray, became president, continuing at the head of the institution until 1871 or 1872, and during that time D. L. Musselman, later president of the Gem City business College, was a teacher in the institution from 1867 until 1870. Upon the retirement of President Gray, the name was changed to Johnson College, but this name was retained for only two or three years. The former location of the school was where the Jefferson public school later stood.
== John Wood Mansion ==
In December 1875, when the John Wood Mansion, at the corner of Eleventh and State streets, was sold in the courts, it was purchased by the college. It had belonged to former Governor John Woods, and originally cost some US$200,000. The trustees disposed of their former college building to the city for a public school. The former location of the school was where the …
