 1828 - 1896 (67 years)
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| Name |
Private Eli Andrew Broughton |
| Title |
Private |
| Born |
27 Aug 1828 |
Gaines, Orleans County, New York  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
04 Feb 1896 |
Maywood (Foley), Benton County, Minnesota |
| Buried |
Doncaster (Union) Cemetery Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota |
| Person ID |
I554866733 |
Eby/Aebi and Bernethy Family |
| Last Modified |
15 Sep 2013 |
| Father |
Michael II Broughton, b. 20 Aug 1784, Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont , d. 02 Sep 1859, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Age 75 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Gillam, b. 14 Jun 1802, Ottawa, Ontario , d. 30 Dec 1885, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
16 Aug 1827 |
Silver Lake, Wyoming County, New York |
| Family ID |
F523167137 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Maria Eunice Barnes, b. 10 Feb 1839, Ashtabula County, Ohio , d. 13 Feb 1890, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (Age 51 years) |
| Married |
01 Jan 1855 |
Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
| Children |
| | 1. Sophronia Lillian Broughton, b. 07 Oct 1855, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 30 Apr 1907, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (Age 51 years) |
| | 2. Mary Olive Broughton, b. 21 Dec 1858, Wisconsin , d. 14 Mar 1926, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 67 years) |
| | 3. Eunice Maria Broughton, b. 02 Apr 1861, Sauk County, Wisconsin , d. 15 Dec 1933, Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington (Age 72 years) |
| | 4. Elisha Truman Broughton, b. 13 Aug 1864, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 26 Dec 1941, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (Age 77 years) |
| | 5. Elias Louman or Loriman Broughton, b. 13 Aug 1864, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 25 Feb 1926, Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington (Age 61 years) |
| | 6. John Henry Broughton, b. 1866, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 1866, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Age 0 years) |
| | 7. Sarah Lois Broughton, b. 27 Feb 1869, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 17 Apr 1949 (Age 80 years) |
| | 8. Orlin General Grant Broughton, b. 17 Mar 1878, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota , d. 16 Feb 1935, Snohomish County, Washington (Age 56 years) |
| + | 9. Edith Mae Broughton, b. 17 Mar 1878, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota , d. 29 Aug 1975, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (Age 97 years) |
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| Last Modified |
15 Sep 2013 |
| Family ID |
F523167118 |
Group Sheet |
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| Photos |
 | Eli Broughton
From samkat47, Donovan Family Tree in Ancestry |
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| Notes |
- 1860 Census Freedom, Sauk, Wisconsin as E A BROUGHTON
1880 Census Minnesota Falls, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota as Eli BROUGHTON
- Walter Broughton
Notes for ELI ANDREW BROUGHTON:
Civil War Pension #404040;
Served 1) 6th Wisconsin Inf. Reg, Co. A, Capt. Adam G. Malloy, enlisted May 10th 1861 in Madison, Dane Co., WI., and received a disability discharge on December 2nd, 1861, having been poisoned by drinking water from a spring near the camp. Rank of PVT.
Served 2) Capt. M.L. Stone's Co. "P", 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Greggs Division, enlisted 1862, Conneaut Twp., Crawford Co., PA. Wounded at Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA. Discharged October 26, 1863.
Served 3) Reenlisted in the fall of 1864, and served until the end of the war. He was a member of I.O. Russell Post No. 136, Department of the MN G.A.R. Was in hospital with typhoid fever, and applied for disability for side effects of the fever.
Eli may have been married in Sauk Co., WI.
History of Yellow Medicine County (MN) 1872-1972, p556 - Echo Township
Eli Broughton, who was the first white settler of Echo township, was a blood relative of Winston Churchill. His family arrived i n America nineteen years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
Eli was born in New York state in 1828. He served in the Civil War and, after being wounded, came to Minnesota and took an Echo township homestead in 1869. His wife, Maria, and six children had been left inSalina, PA, while he established a home. Two years later he sent for his young family. In Chicago one of the boys, Elisha ran away and hid while they were waiting for a train to take them to St. Paul, Minnesota. The distraught mother, in the excitement, forgot to check the baggage onto the next train. She gave the checks to the conductor but never saw either the conductor or the baggage again. They eventually arrived at Redwood Falls and completed their journey to the homestead with oxen.
Grasshoppers took the crops in 1872. Eli heard there was a need for carpenters in the booming young town of Minnesota Falls so he went there to work. Maria and the children tended the cows and the chickens but, after a number of bad storms, the family of the first settler of Echo township followed its head to Minnesota Falls Village. It was eight years later that Minnesota Falls village was ravaged by flood waters following the winter of 1880-8l . Most of the houses were moved to Granite Falls and Eli Broughton's was the last one standing.
History of Yellow Medicine County (MN) 1872-1972, p683 - Echo Township
The village was served with mail by both water and rail after the Milwaukee tracks were laid. Eli Brougbton had the contract to carry mail from the old Milwaukee station north of the T.H. 212 lookout to the boat landing below the falls, from where he took it downriver to Red wood Falls. Sometimes when Eli was busy he would ask the oldest girls to take the bag from the station to the boat. The girls would take the bag from the station and roll it downhill to the ri ver instead of carrying it. Some one from town saw it, and told Broughton. He "tanned their hides" and later lost the job. When the tracks were laid through Granite Falls the railroad established a station on the east or Chippewa county side of the river, about a mile east of the river, near where the Gerold Swenson farm is now located in Granite Falls township (Section 1, ll5-39 Chippewa County). With fine disregard of the existence of the village down the river , H. & D. designated the station, opened in Feb!
ruary 1879 , as Minnesota Falls Station. A grain elevator and store followed, and one dwelling was erected. The store was abandoned in 1881, and the elevator burned down.
The first assessment in Redwood Co., MN, was taken 8/1/1868. C. P. Griswold had land in section 31 of Delhi Twp. and some in Redwood Falls Twp. Pulaski Broughton, for his part, had land in Redwood Falls (twp?) and P. B. (Pulaski Barnes) Broughton had land in Redwood Falls Twp. ("The History of Redwood County, Minnesota", Franklyn, 1916.) There was also a Michael Broughton who had some land right next to some land Lester Griswold sold in Beaver Twp. (Crawford Co., PA) in 1852.
In 1870 Minnesota, Redwood Falls, Redwood County, p. 26, are:
Griswold, C P, 38, farmer, b. NY, $4000 rl & $400 pers estate
" , E J, 34, keeps house, b. NY, $400 rl & $40 pers
estate, mother of foreign biorth
" , M E, 11, at school, b. PA
" , S L, 8, " , b. OH
" , J L, 6, " , b. MN
" , Bertie, 1, b. MN
" , ---, 2 months, b. MN
Broughton, J D, 33, farmer, b. NY, mother of foreign birth
Broughton, E A, 43, carpenter, b. NY, mother of foreign birth
These last two are probably Elizabeth Jane Griswold's brothers. Their mother was born in Canada.
More About ELI ANDREW BROUGHTON:
Burial: Feb-1896, Doncaster Cem., Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine Co., MN
Cause of Death: Consumption
Census: 1880, MN Falls Village, Yellow Medicene Co., MN
Census ID #: 1880, MN19914649, p. 537
Medical Information: 5' 7-1/2" tall, Dark Completion, Black Eyes, Black Hair
Military service: Bet. May-1861 - Oct-1863, Civil War, See notes6
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: 1890, Granite Falls(Yellow Medicene), MN
- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Eli A. Broughton
Name: Eli A. Broughton
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Wisconsin
Regiment Name: 6 Wisconsin Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
Company: A
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M559 roll 4
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Eli Broughton
Name: Eli Broughton
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 2 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (59th Volunteers)
Company: I
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 14- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Eli A. Broughton
Name: Eli A. Broughton
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 2 Pennsylvania H. Art'y.
Regiment Name Expanded: 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Volunteers)
Company: I
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 14
- U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 about Eli A Broughton
Name: Eli A Broughton
Residence: Wisconsin
Enlistment Date: 10 May 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Wisconsin
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Wisconsin 6th Infantry Regiment on 10 May 1861.Mustered out on 02 Dec 1861.
Sources: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion
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