Joseph Orgill Jr. biography: 13 things about Memphis, Tennessee man

Who was Joseph Orgill Jr?

Joseph Orgill Jr. was an American businessman from Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. He worked at Orgill Brothers & Co, a hardware firm founded in 1847 and based in Collierville, Shelby County.

Orgill and his wife Kate Bond Smith Orgill have a daughter also named Kate Orgill, who is married to James Elton Boone, and a son named Joseph Orgill III. Boone worked at Orgill Brothers & Co as an accountant.

Joseph III and Irene Leatherman Orgill have four daughters namely Adele Orgill Wellford, Irene Orgill, Anne Orgill and Kate Orgill. Welford is the mother of Eliza Fletcher, who was found dead in Memphis on September 5, 2022.

Kate was 4 years younger than Joseph Jr. He was 5 years younger than his sister also named Adele Kendrick Orgill and 3 years older than her sister Florence Orgill.

Joseph Jr. was the only son of Joseph Orgill Sr. and Adele Kendrick Orgill. Here are 13 more things about Joseph Jr:

1. On April 21, 1906, his sister Florence was born in Memphis.
2. On April 11, 1927, his sister Florence married Thomas John O’Brien in Shelby County.
3. On June 10, 1929, he and Kate got married in Hardeman County, Tennessee.
4. On December 12, 1929, his father died in Memphis at age 63.
5. In 1932, Kate gave birth to their first daughter, who died as an infant.
6. In 1938, Kate birth to their son Joseph Orgill III in Memphis.
7. In 1944, Kate gave birth to their daughter Kate.
8. In 1955, he became the president of Orgill Brothers & Co, replacing his cousin Edmund Orgill.
9. On January 4, 1956, his mother died in Memphis at age 81.
10. In 1968, he retired and his son Joseph III became the new Orgill Brothers & Co. president.
11. In 1970, his daughter Kate gave birth to Joseph Orgill Boone.
12. On November 19, 1979, he turned 76.
13. On January 12, 1980, he died in Shelby County.