Lengkepan kalimat di handap ieu: Ketcham lahir tanggal 16 Juli 1838 ti kolot Josiah Burton jeung Eliza Freeman Burton, panaratas di Grand Rapids. Ketcham lulus ti Saint Mark's College, Henrietta Academy jeung Mary B. Allen's school for girls. Dina yuswa lima belas taun, Ketcham jadi guru sarta manéhna nikah jeung lanceukna Augustus Canfield Norton di Grand Rapids dina tanggal 2 Oktober 1861. Sanggeus pupusna, manéhna nikah ka Smith G. Ketcham. Manéhna mimiti kalibet dina gerakan sufragi awéwé dina taun 1873. Manéhna papanggih jeung Susan B. Anthony nalika manéhna hirup di Rochester, sarta dimekarkeun silaturahim langgeng jeung dirina dina 1890s. Dina 1893 Ketcham spoke di
Gedong Awéwé di Pameran Dunya Chicago. Tanggal 27 April 1899, Asosiasi Suffrage Nasional Awéwé ngayakeun pasamoan taunan di Grand Rapids, Michigan ku dorongan Ketcham, hiji-hijina waktos pasamoan bakal diayakeun di Michigan. Ketcham loba kalibet jeung Asosiasi Suffrage Woman Grand Rapids, The Political Equality Club, The Susan B. Anthony Club, The Woman's Civic League jeung Women's and Children's Protective League. Anggota piagam Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, manéhna bakal ngajabat salaku présidén ti 1892-1893, sarta deui dina 1900. Manéhna maot dina tanggal 13 Januari 1907 di Detroit, Michigan.