Edith Emerson was born 22 November 1841 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States to Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) and Lidia Jackson (1802-1892) and died 20 November 1929 Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. She married William Hathaway Forbes (1840-1897) 3 October 1865 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ralph Emerson Forbes (1866-1937) | 10 July 1866 Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 16 March 1937 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States | Elise Mason Cabot (1869-1959) |
| Edith Forbes (1867-1926) | |||
| William Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) | 21 May 1870 | 24 December 1959 | |
| John Murray Forbes (1871-1888) | |||
| Edward Waldo Forbes (1873-1969) | |||
| Waldo Emerson Forbes (1879-1917) | 28 February 1879 Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 17 June 1917 Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Ellen Forbes (1886-1954) |
| Ellen Randolph Forbes (1880-1881) | |||
| Alexander Forbes (1882-1965) | |||
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