Elizabeth Ann Ditch was born on 10. Sep. 1833 at Louisiana; Headstone says birth was 1 Sept rather than 10 Sept.
The 1840 (and earlier) Censuses do NOT list the names of all household members; only name of Hd. of Hshld & then a count (by age & sex) of the household members. She resided at at Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, in Oct. 1850; Home of George W. & Elizabeth Martin; 1850 Census lists the following people at the Martin residence:
Martin, George W., age 61, no occ, b. NC
Martin, Elizabeth, age 58, b. KY
Ditch, Elizabeth A., age 17, b. LA, attended school within the yr. She married
Jared H. Ryker, son of
Gerardus Jared Ryker and
Martisha Wilhite, on 13. May. 1852 at Jefferson County, Indiana; Gam Taylor, Pastor, performed the marriage ceremony. Elizabeth Ann Ditch died on 18. Nov. 1870 at Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, at age 37; Headstone says 19 Nov. rather than the 18th. From cemetery headstone: died in Jefferson County, IN.
NOTE: there are no death records available in Jefferson Cnty, IN prior to 1882 (this was ascertained at the Public Health Dept in Madison, IN). She was buried c 20. Nov. 1870 at Ryker's Ridge ("old") Cemetery near, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana.