Peter Lagore

Peter Lagore has the honor of being the first business to locate in Harrison Township.  His last name has been misspelled in some records as Laforgy.  

In the History of Scioto County by N. W. Evans written in 1903, Peter Lagore was included in the documentation.  The record states:
"Harrisonville has been a business point since about 1823 when Peter Lagore built a blacksmith shop, near the corner of where B. F. Lantz's store now stands."

"Peter also built the frame house now owned by Captain Henry Lantz (then in Madison Township) which is the oldest building in Harrivonsille and the oldest frame house in the township."