If you are convinced that Talitha was indeed Jim Ryder of Saline County's wife then I guess he ended up in Nevada post war, because that is the only Jim Ryder from Vermont that I can't otherwise account for. My concern was the amount of info in the affidavits that claim Talitha and Jim were both natives of Livingston county pre war for a number of years as well as the claim of George of Saline was claimed as an "Uncle". I'll keep digging into the "Vermont" angle to see where it goes.

John R