Bio: Hart, Michael J. (1881) 
Poster: Sandra Wright
Email: fool4him2@msn.com

----Source: History of Northern Wisconsin (Ashland County, Wis.) 1881, Page 72 

Michael J. Hart, meat market, Ashland, was born in Mayo Co., Ireland, Aug 13, 1849. He came to America in 1862, and landed at Quebec, where he remained till 1864; then went to Washington D.C., and entered the queensware store of his brother, Thomas J. In 1878 he came to Wisconsin and stopped at Butternut, in Ashland County, and went into the Butternut House run by his brother Mat. J., who had come out before. He staid there till 1879, when he went to Chippewa Crossing and opened the new hotel called the Campbell House, but rented it to C. A.Campbell; he then came to Ashland and entered into his present business. He was Justice while in Butternut, and is one of the charter members of the I.O.O.F.