Left-handed guitarist Elder Ma ("AC." or "Asey") Forehand was born in Columbus, Georgia, on August 9, 1890 (according to his second wife) or 1893 (according to the Social Security Death index). He lost his sight in 1904 and his first wife, Mamie, who is said to have been born on June 8, 1895, was also blind. During the 1920 census, when the couple were residing in Birmingham, Alabama, A.C. gave his age as 29 (which would make 1890 more likely) and his occupation as "none." Mamie was registered as being twenty-three and their daughter Rideth Mae as three years and one month.

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