Ku dhameystir weedha soo socota: Ketcham wuxuu dhashay 16-kii Luulyo, 1838 waalidiintiisa Josiah Burton iyo Eliza Freeman Burton, hormuudka Grand Rapids. Ketcham waxay ka qalin jabisay Kulliyadda Saint Mark, Akadeemiyada Henrietta iyo Mary B. Allen's dugsiga gabdhaha. Markii ay shan iyo toban jirsatay, Ketcham waxay noqotay macalin waxayna guursatay adeerkeed Augustus Canfield Norton oo ku taal Grand Rapids Oktoobar 2, 1861. Geeridiisa kadib, waxay guursatay Smith G. Ketcham. Waxay markii ugu horreysay ku lug yeelatay dhaqdhaqaaqa codbixinta dumarka sanadkii 1873. Waxay la kulantay Susan B. Anthony markii ay ku noolayd Rochester, waxayna xiriir saaxiibtinimo oo waara la yeelatay 1890kii. 1893 Ketcham waxa uu ka hadlay
Dhismaha Haweenka ee Bandhigga Adduunka ee Chicago. Bishii Abriil 27, 1899, Ururka Haweenka Qaranka ee Codbixinta ayaa ku qabtay kulankiisii sanadlaha ahaa ee Grand Rapids, Michigan markii ay ku boorisay Ketcham, markii kaliya ee kulanka lagu qaban doono Michigan. Ketcham waxay si aad ah ugu lug lahayd Ururka Haweenka ee Grand Rapids, Naadiga Sinnaanta Siyaasadeed, Naadiga Susan B. Anthony, Ururka Bulshada Haweenka iyo Ururka Ilaalinta Haweenka iyo Carruurta. Xubin ka tirsan ururka Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, waxay u adeegtay madaxweynaheeda 1892-1893, iyo mar kale 1900. Waxay ku dhimatay 13-kii Janaayo, 1907 magaalada Detroit, Michigan.