When Newton Shaver Noffsinger was born on 21 November 1844, in Amsterdam, Botetourt, Virginia, United States, his father, John Shaver Noffsinger, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Trout, was 33. He married Frances Ann Dunnegan on 25 March 1867, in Cedar, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Botetourt, Botetourt, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Linn Township, Cedar, Missouri, United States for about 40 years. He died on 14 February 1930, in Cedar, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Gum Springs Cemetery, Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States.