When Joseph Henry Beardsley was born on 7 September 1905, in San Francisco, California, United States, his father, Charles Henry Beardsley, was 31 and his mother, Mary Ellen Grennan, was 29. He married Margaret M. Anglinn on 1 March 1930, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to San Francisco, California, United States in 1956. He died on 5 February 1963, in Sonoma, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 57.