• Born: 10 Jun 1799, Pennsylvania
• Marriage (1): Amanda Baily
• Died: 11 Apr 1860, Sidney OH

  General notes:

Silversmith and clockmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked circa 1818-1827 as a silversmith and clockmaker in Philadelphia PA

• He worked circa 1827 as a silversmith in Uniontown PA noted, with Milton Baily, in Hadden's History of Uniontown as a silversmith occupying a shop on Main Street on the south side between Meadow Alley and Morgantown Street.

• He worked after 1834 as a farmer in Sidney OH where he built and operated a grist mill along the Miami River opposite the present location of Graceland Cemetery.

Hardesty married Amanda Baily, daughter of Silas Baily and Margaret Harlan. (Amanda Baily was born on 3 Sep 1801 in Uniontown PA and died on 6 Apr 1838.)