↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ8D-TNH : 4 November 2017), Charles J. Hardesty in entry for Benjamin Hardesty and Belle Westlake, 22 Aug 1906, Carbon, Adams, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 489 lic 2870, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,098. (NOTE his father is called Charles J in this record)
"Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4TH-5MM : 2 March 2021), Thomas Hardesty, Douglas, Adams, Iowa; citing p. 3, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,317.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Edwin Hardesty :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, Ancestry member edwin_hardesty, FTDNA kit #B210906