Ana-Na-Ha

Ana-Na-Ha, Full Blood Cherokee

Adopted by Mr. and Mrs. James White in 1816.  Mr White was on a hunting trip in Upper New York State with a party of Cherokees.

Ana-Na-Ha was born and left in the woods to die because she was a sickly baby.  Mr. White took her to his cabin where he and his wife raised and educated her, giving her the name Jane E. White.  Ana-Na-Ha taught school in New York State for two years before marrying James R. Taylor and moving to Scioto County, Madison Township in 1888.  They raised and educated ten children.

Ana-Na-Ha was an herbist and a midwife who freely doctored and cared for her neighbors

Photo courtesy of Judy Scott