Joel P. Hardin was born on 30 May, 1825 in Breckenridge Co, KY. He married Lucinda Basham in Warren County, Ky on 25 Feb 1847. He had 10 children with Lucy: Zachary Taylor Hardin, Daniel James Hardin, Alice J. Hardin Miller, Francis Logan Hardin, Betty Ann "Jailey" Hardin Shay, Thurza "Teresa" Hardin Miller, Moses Hardin, Joel Benjamin Hardin, Nancy Jane Hardin and Alfred Allen Hardin. Joel moved from Breckenridge County, KY to Edmonson Co, KY in 1870. When Lucy died in 1885, he married Rachel Ann Durbin Hardin. He had one living son with Rachel, George Henderson Hardin. Their daughter, Merenda, died in infancy. In late 1904, Joel went by wagon train from Caneyville, KY to Crawford Co, KS. Joel got sick on the trip and died a month after arriving in KS. 
 
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 Spouses:
  Lucinda Basham Hardin (1824 - 1885)
  Rachel Ann Durbin Hardin (1849 - 1919)
 
 Children:
  Zachary Taylor Hardin (1847 - 1923)*
  Daniel James Hardin (1849 - 1927)*
  Alice J. Hardin Miller (1851 - 1880)*
  Teresa Hardin Miller (1855 - 1894)*
  Moses Elijah Hardin (1857 - 1925)*
  Joel Benjamin Hardin (1859 - 1939)*
  Alfred Allen Hardin (1863 - 1919)*
  George Henderson Hardin (1887 - 1956)*
    Burial:
Saint Aloysius Church Cemetery
Greenbush
Crawford County
Kansas, USA