Father: Elijah HARDESTY
Mother: Susan MESSENGER
Family 1:
Syrena (Cyrena?) C. WILT
- Elijah William HARDESTY
- Louis (Lewis?) Wellington HARDESTY
- Calvin W. HARDESTY
- Pleasant B. HARDESTY
_Elijah HARDESTY _
_Elijah HARDESTY _|
| |_Martha JACKSON __
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|--Sanford Elijah Joshua HARDESTY
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|_Susan MESSENGER _|
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Notes
He had a long white beard., which came down nearly to his waist. He was a keeper of bees. had a cat and a stove in his bee hous, where he spent most of his time. He was to have his bees so well trained that they would swarm in his beard!
In his later years he lived with his son Lewis.
He had the first Preston County post office, located at Rodamer