On Feb. 14, 1859 legislature passed an act, consolidating Effingham and Broughton under the name of Effingham. Broughton was a three town block square. David Alexander and Samuel Little named this area Broughton after John Brough, president of the Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad Company. Plans were to build a railroad in this area but financial difficulties ended the company. Before leaving for Kentucky, Alexander and Little placed a contract for buildings to be erected on the land they had acquired. In Sept. 1855 Andrew Galloway, head of the Western Land Company, platted the northeast quarter of section 20 and named it Effingham. The first run of a freight train on the Central Railroad was in 1855 and the first regular passenger train from Chicago to Cairo occurred on Jan. 1, 1856. With this railroad up and running, Alexander and Little returned to Broughton. An unverified story goes that when Lord Effingham came to visit friends who represented English investors in the Central Railroad, he may have influenced Alexander and Little to drop the name Broughton in favor of Effingham. Info taken from Saint Anthony's Century 1858-1958 by Hilda Engbring Feldhake 1958. Dianne dit@spitfire.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Harman" <aharman@willamette.edu> To: <ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 5:00 PM Subject: [ILEFFING-L] Boughton ??? (now Effingham) When did the name change from Broughton to Effingham? Was Broughton the name of the town only, or was Effingham County also called Broughton? Does anybody know when the churches of Teutopolis and Green Creek were built? Does anybody have a link to a website where I can get pictures of the old churches? I also would like a link to a map that shows the location of Green Creek. Apparently it is not an incorporated town, because I cannot find it through Mapquest or Expedia. Alice Harman Descendant of John Henry Haarmann & Maria Elizabeth Sillige Haarmann -----Original Message----- From: Dianne Titus [mailto:dit@spitfire.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:42 PM To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILEFFING-L] Re: St. Anthony Catholic Church This was taken from the St. Anthony's Century 1858-1958 by Hilda Engbring Feldhake. The Birth of St. Anthony Parish Pioneer Catholics who lived in the Effingham area prior to 1854 were obliged to travel to Teutopolis or to Green Creek to attend church services. In 1854, at the time when the first buildings were being erected in Broughton (now Effingham), ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body.

Thank you for the great info! Alice Harman -----Original Message----- From: Dianne Titus [mailto:dit@spitfire.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 8:24 AM To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILEFFING-L] Boughton ??? (now Effingham) On Feb. 14, 1859 legislature passed an act, consolidating Effingham and Broughton under the name of Effingham. Broughton was a three town block square. David Alexander and Samuel Little named this area Broughton after John Brough, president of the Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad Company. Plans were to build a railroad in this area but financial difficulties ended the company. Before leaving for Kentucky, Alexander and Little placed a contract for buildings to be erected on the land they had acquired. In Sept. 1855 Andrew Galloway, head of the Western Land Company, platted the northeast quarter of section 20 and named it Effingham. The first run of a freight train on the Central Railroad was in 1855 and the first regular passenger train from Chicago to Cairo occurred on Jan. 1, 1856. With this railroad up and running, Alexander and Little returned to Broughton. An unverified story goes that when Lord Effingham came to visit friends who represented English investors in the Central Railroad, he may have influenced Alexander and Little to drop the name Broughton in favor of Effingham. Info taken from Saint Anthony's Century 1858-1958 by Hilda Engbring Feldhake 1958. Dianne dit@spitfire.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Harman" <aharman@willamette.edu> To: <ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 5:00 PM Subject: [ILEFFING-L] Boughton ??? (now Effingham) When did the name change from Broughton to Effingham? Was Broughton the name of the town only, or was Effingham County also called Broughton? Does anybody know when the churches of Teutopolis and Green Creek were built? Does anybody have a link to a website where I can get pictures of the old churches? I also would like a link to a map that shows the location of Green Creek. Apparently it is not an incorporated town, because I cannot find it through Mapquest or Expedia. Alice Harman Descendant of John Henry Haarmann & Maria Elizabeth Sillige Haarmann -----Original Message----- From: Dianne Titus [mailto:dit@spitfire.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:42 PM To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILEFFING-L] Re: St. Anthony Catholic Church This was taken from the St. Anthony's Century 1858-1958 by Hilda Engbring Feldhake. The Birth of St. Anthony Parish Pioneer Catholics who lived in the Effingham area prior to 1854 were obliged to travel to Teutopolis or to Green Creek to attend church services. In 1854, at the time when the first buildings were being erected in Broughton (now Effingham), ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body. ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body.