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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr. Numismatist, post: 26606006, member: 142588&quot;]Check out this uncut sheet of tickets.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1695910[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to research Elmer Burbage from scratch.</p><p><br /></p><p>First step, go to findagrave.com and input &quot;Elmer Burbage&quot;. Luckily this is a fairly unique name and only about 4 people have ever had this name. One of the Elmers is immediately ruled out because he was born after 1924.</p><p><br /></p><p>I then looked at the Censuses and found that of the three Elmers left, only one was a farmer (from Wicomico County, Maryland, a densely picker ticket populated area). The other two are from Brown County, Ohio and Norfolk, Virginia (neither of which are known for having picker tickets).</p><p><br /></p><p>Using the censuses and newspapers, I find he had a Powellville, MD address.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward a few months I acquired this ticket:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1695914[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Look familiar...</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately a quick check with findagrave.com tells us there are over 200 G.W. Hancocks! But, we known the general area this ticket was made thanks to Elmer Burbage. After some more in-depth research, only one G.W. Hancock matches everything, George Walter Hancock (born 1890-92, died sometime after 1940). He farmed in Parsonsburg, MD which less than 10 miles away from Elmer Burbage&#039;s hometown, Powellville.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also find it fascinating is which corner of the original sheet this ticket came from based on the Burbage sheet. If you look at the &quot;S&quot; in &quot;QUARTS&quot; it has a small line in the center and there is a gap on the top left and bottom left sides of the star border. These characteristics are seen on the Hancock&#039;s ticket and the bottom left corner of Burbage&#039;s uncut sheet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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