Harley HARDESTY
Flora A. Varney BEARD

Husband:  Harley HARDESTY
Birth:  2 Nov 1893, Broughton, Hamilton Co., Illinois
Death:  23 Dec 1953, Joliet, Will Co., Illinois
Burial:
Father:  Thomas Jefferson HARDESTY
Mother:  Mary Rosetta HOLLOWAY

Marriage:    1917, Hamilton Co., Illinois   

Wife:  Flora A. Varney BEARD
Birth:  Jun 1893, Broughton, Hamilton Co., Illinois 
Death:  Aft 1930, Illinois
Burial:
Father:  Sidney Lafayette VARNEY
Mother:  Laura E. CLARK

Children:  
1. Opal R. HARDESTY (Weidner), b:1920, McLeansboro, Hamilton Co., Illinois
                                                     d: 1961, Illinois
                                                  bur: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois Co., Illinois
2. Wayne HARDESTY, b: 19 Sep 1922, McLeansboro, Hamilton Co., Illinois
                                      d: 27 Nov 2001, Joliet, Will Co., Illinois
                                   bur: Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, Will Co., Illinois
3. Laura B. HARDESTY (Holt), b: 22 Oct 1928, Grant Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois  
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Notes:  
Flora had been married before and brought a child into her marriage with Harley.  Harley's brother, Louis, was married to Flora's sister, Rachel Jane.

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0366, Page 258A), Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 58, Enumeration Date: 12-Feb-1920, Family #185

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0563, Page 207B), Grant Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 43, Enumeration Date: 12-Apr-1930, Family #128

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