420     HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY.
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of his hunting knife, not, however, until he had been crippled for
life. He laid there till next morning, when the family became
alarmed at his continued absence, and with the assistance of the
neighbors instituted a search, which resulted in finding him on a
spot that is believed to be within the present limits of Seymour.
 
  
                      NEW FARMINGTON.
 
This is a station on the line of the Jeffersonville, Madison &
Indianapolis Railroad, located at the junction of the old State
road leading from Brownstown to Madison, and the one leading
from Rockford to Sages' Ferry on the Muscatatauk River. The
town was laid out July 30, 1852, by William O. Lancaster, and
consisted of twenty lots. Gardiner's Addition, which was made a
few years later, consisted of twenty-one lots.  Never since it was
laid out has Farmington been without a store where the farmers
might exchange their produce for almost any article of merchan-
dise. Ruddick Stephens, Gibson, P. L. and H. H. Carter, Henry
Bawldin, Joel Littler, Parsley & Carter, B. Love and a few oth-
ers have sold goods here. Collins Bros., mill ground both corn
and wheat, and was most extensively patronized. B. Love also
owned a mill, which he operated for a few years. Saw-mills were
run by Joel Littler, Sol Cox and Samuel Standfield. The last
named also owned a grist-mill.