[2] She was a granddaughter of James Ramsey, the owner of Millmont Farm in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

From this marriage, Jane received seven half-siblings: Joseph, William, Mary, Nancy, Louisa, Sarah, and Sydney.

Jane Harrison had asked her aunt to join them as a social adviser, as Findlay had previously lived in Washington, D.C as the wife of a congressman.

[1][4] The Harrisons originally intended to have Anna arrive in Washington the following spring to serve as first lady, at which point Jane would possibly be relegated to a role of an assistant hostess.

[9] Carl Sferrazza Anthony described Harrison as the least influential of all acting U.S. first ladies, citing the short duration of her tenure.

[2] As Benjamin was the son of her sister and her brother-in-law, Harrison became both the maternal aunt and the paternal aunt-by-marriage of a future president.