Thomas White and his wife Ara are in Woodruff Co 1900 with

Thomas 45
Ara 45 she is listed as M2 which should mean her 2nd marriage and she has three children born & Living.

Children are:
Dalles Daughter 16
Mary 13
Thomas 9
Walter 7

Next listed is
Tripp, Brag 22
Jani Smmmm 19 (this must be your Jamessanner)

So perhaps they were both married before?

IN later census (1920 and 1930) Jamesanner is listed as born in MS.

In 1880 there is a Thomas and Ara White in Chickasaw Co, MS, with a small daughter Birdie.

In 1870 there is a young Thomas White and a Arie Gillespie (indexed as Avie) in Chickasaw Co, MS, among the numerous WHITE and GILLESPIE families there.