On 18 Oct 1887 when Elsie Reed Edson was 21, she married Nathaniel Ernest Ford (67904) , son of Nathaniel Ford (65398) (30 Oct 1828-7 Nov 1917) & Mary Catherine Hall (11 Sep 1829-28 Jun 1900), in Fall River, MA. Born on 26 Sep 1860 in Fall River, MA. Nathaniel Ernest died in Fall River, MA in 1940.

Excerpts from the short memoirs of Nathaniel Ernest Ford (1860–1940). (Posted by user James29 of Newton MA to ancestry.com)
Father had five brothers and four sisters.  Seven were older and two younger than he.  His sisters, Mercy, born in 1812, and Betsy, born in 1815, married two brothers, Jabez and William Swift and they lived together in a double house in Middleboro, near Eddyville.  The house stood back about twenty feet from the street with an enclosed yard in front.  An enormous tree stood in front and was so big it could be seen afar off.  In the centre of the house was the front door which was seldom used.  It opened into a very small hall from which, opposite the front door rose the stairs to the floor above.  They were the steepest stairs I ever saw.  On each side of  the hall a door opened into a parlor.  The one on the right was Uncle William's and the one on the left was Uncle Jabez's.  Back of each parlor was a small bedroom and back of each bedroom, in the back corner of the house was a buttery and kitchen.  There was a fireplace in the centre of the house back of the front stairs.  The large room was used by both families in common, Uncle William having his dining table on one side of the room and Uncle Jabez on the other side.  Back of the dining room was an ell used as a kitchen with a stove used by both families and back of the kitchen was a large wood room, without a floor, and reached by three or four steps down to the ground.  
    I liked to visit there.  Both aunts were older than father and seemed old to me but they were fine people and were very good to me.   Their children had married and left home, except Frank, the son of William and Betsy.  They usually had a boy, sometimes two, from some institution to help them and I had a good time with them, especially Johnny Donovan who could do a running somersault without touching his hands.  I always stayed with Aunt Betsy and Uncle William.  He was tall and straight and she was short and very stout.  Uncle Jabez was short and bent over and Aunt Mersy was thin and bent over too - quite a contrast between the two couples.
    Once, Johnny Murphy and I took the horse and wagon to an orchard and filled the wagon body with apples, windfalls mostly and some off the tree.  When the body of the wagon was full we went to a cider mill and the apples were made into cider just as they were, dirty, or wormy or partly decayed, they all went in.  We sucked the cider through a straw and it tasted alright to us.

    Father had a two-seated carriage called a carryall with top and sides that could be rolled up.  One Christmas time father took us all to East Pembroke.  He had two horses then.  Justin rode one horse up to Pembroke while the rest of us rode in the carryall.  We first went to Middleboro and stayed one night with Uncle William and Uncle Jabez.  When we reached Myricks, while going, father turned to mother and said,"Well, we have made pretty good time so far.  Eight miles in an hour."   Considering the sandy roads, the many hills through Assonet, and the load in the carriage, I think it was.  The next day we continued on our way to East Pembroke.  We stayed there about a week visiting Uncle Barnabas and Aunt Hannah.  She was called Aunt Hannah Barney, I suppose to distinguish her from Aunt Hannah Calkins, father's sister.  Uncle Barnabas and Aunt Hannah were the parents of Lucinda.  We visited Uncle Peleg and Aunt Olive, father's sinter Aunt Harriet, and Uncle John McDonald (McFarlin), Aunt Hannah Calkins and her daughters, Sadie and Hattie.  Christmas day we had a turkey dinner with Uncle Lewis and Aunt Elsie and the children, Charlie Dean, Lottie and Fannie.  Everett was born later.  
    On New Year's day, early in the morning, we started back to Middleboro and arrived in time for dinner. They had prepared a fine roast of spare rib of pork with vegetables.  Both families moved their dining tables together on Uncle Jabez's side of the house.  There was a trap door in the floor and Uncle Jabez went down with a candle and brought up a big pitcher of cider for us to drink.  The next day we returned to Fall River.  I sat in the front seat and was so cold it seemed my feet would freeze.  Father let me get out and run to warm them.

1900 Federal Census. New Bedford Ward 2, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Roll 637, page 3A
67 Willis Street
    N. Ernest Ford, head, b. Sep 1860, 39, m. 12 years, salesman, store
    Elsie R. E. Ford, wife, b. Sep 1866, 33, m. 12 years, 3 children, all living
    Everett E. Ford, son, b. Feb 1889, 11, at school
    F. Leslie Ford, son, b. Feb 1894, 6, at school
    Wendell B. Ford, son, b. Sep 1895, 4
    Mary McCoy, servant, b. Nov 1873, 26, single, b. Ireland, parents b. Ireland, servant
The Fords were all born in Massachusetts as were their parents.

1910 Federal Census. New Bedford Ward 3, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Roll T624_578, page 3B
67 Read Court
    N. Ernest Ford, head, 49, m. 22 years, salesman, household goods
    Elsie R. Ford, wife, 43, m. 22 years, 3 children, all living
    Everett E. Ford, son, 21, single, office assistant, compressed air co.
    F. Leslie Ford, son, 16
    Wendell B. Ford, son, 14
    Rosa M. Carter[?], boarder, 22, single, schoolteacher, public school
All were born in Massachusetts as were their parents, expect Rosa’s mother was born in England.

1920 Federal Census. New Bedford Ward 5, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Roll 625_687, page 22B
224 Hamilton Street
    Nathaniel E. Ford, head, 59, buyer, house furnishings
    Elsie R. E. Ford, wife, 53
    Everett E. Ford, son, 30, single, clerk, office
    Frederick L. Ford, son, 25, single, engineer, industrial
    Wendall B. Ford, son, 24, single, engineer, industrial
All were born in Massachusetts as were their parents.