Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Van Hart, Michael A.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   MICHAEL A. VAN HART proprietor Logan House, P.O. New 
Hope, was born in Makefield township, December 15, 1823, and 
is a son of Jacob and Mary (Richardson) Van Hart.  His 
grandfather, a native of Holland, settled in Falls township 
prior to the revolution.  His maternal grandfather was 
Daniel Richardson, a pioneer, who resided near Dolington, 
this county.  Jacob Van Hart, father of Michael A., was a 
shoemaker, but followed farming to some extent.  He reared a 
family of fifteen children, of whom Michael A. was the 
ninth.  In his tenth year he went to work on a farm, and 
continued until he was 16 years of age.  He then served an 
apprenticeship of five years at the tailor's trade, for his 
board and clothes, after which he worked for himself in 
various parts of Bucks county until 1863.  At that time he 
located in New Hope, and embarked in the hotel business, 
which he has conducted successfully to the present time, 
being now proprietor of the Logan house.  He married Mary, a 
daughter of Francis and Sarah (Conrad) Worthington, of 
Centreville, this county, and has three children:  Frank, 
Kate and Minnie.   Mr. Van Hart is an F. A. A. M., and in 
politics is a republican.