When William Jerdin Noblitt was born on 9 March 1851, in Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States, his father, Francis W Noblitt, was 44 and his mother, Lucinda Bledsoe, was 33. He married Matilda Hawkins on 17 January 1878, in Montague, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 7 March 1927, in Durham, Roger Mills, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Roger Mills, Oklahoma, United States.