John Franklin Hardesty, b: 1878

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{Richard Hardesty}^{b. d.}

		^{Joseph Barlett Hardesty}^{b.1849 Iconium, Iowa d.1911 Salina, Kansas}	^{Eda Bartlett}^{b. d.}

^{Leo Arthur Hardesty}^{b.1907 Garnett, Kansas d.1976 Salina, Kansas}	^{John Franklin Hardesty}^{b.1878 Garnett, Kansas d.1951 Fayetteville, Arkansas}		^{James R. Ashburn}^{b.1821 Overton Co., Tennessee d.}

^{Loris Franklin Hardesty}^b.1909 d.		^{Virginia Ann Ashburn}^{b.1853 Lilly, Illinois d.1937 Salina, Kansas}	^Eliza Hasty^{b.1821 d.1860}

^{Jennie Ellen Hardesty}^b.1911 d.

^{Henry Allen Hardesty}^b.1914 d.		^{Fredrick Purdy Halstead}^{b. d.}

^{Dale Edwin Hardesty}^b.1922 d.	^{Nora Etta Halstead}^{b.1884 Imerial, Nebraska d.1965 Huntsville, Arkansas}

		^{Esther Ana Bartholomew}^{b. d.}