On 26 February 1949 in Richmond, Virginia, Ellyson Theodore Ford was married to Mary Elizabeth Coleman in a Baptist ceremony. He was 34, white, divorced, married once previously, occupation plasterer, born in Richmond, father Laddie L. Ford, mother Effie Smoot, resident of 3303 Meadow Bridge Road. She was 30, white, divorced, married twice previously, occupation saleslady, born in Brooklyn, Maryland, father Ashton Boyd Coleman, mother Bettie J. Baughan, born in Richmond, Virginia. [Certificate of Marriage, Commonwealth of Virginia, 3106.]