When William Thomas Noblitt was born on 2 December 1867, in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States, his father, William Patterson Noblett, was 23 and his mother, Nancy Melinda Stice, was 21. He married Emma Remling on 19 March 1889, in South Gorin, Scotland, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cass Township, Texas, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 11 December 1959, in Billings, Christian, Missouri, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, West Polk Township, Christian, Missouri, United States.