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WILLIAM WALLACE NOFFSINGER
Vol. 3, p. 1317
Book has photo

Of the comparatively few Oklahoma lawyers whose names and abilities
are generally recognized not only in the city and county where they
practice locally but over the state at large one is William Wallace
Noffsinger, now of Muskogee but formerly identified from the
beginning of settlement and first organization of the territory with
Western Oklahoma. In the course of a quarter of a century Mr.
Noffsinger's reputation has been steadily rising and on a basis of
solid professional achievements rather than from prominence in
politics, although in that field he has likewise participated in some
extent.

Born in Albia, Iowa, November 25, 1860, William Wallace Noffinger is
a son of James and Elizabeth (MILLER) Noffsinger. In the paternal
line the family is of Holland Dutch origin while the Millers were
Scotch-Irish. James Noffsinger after the birth of his son entered the
Union army as a soldier in the Civil war and in the course of that
struggle died at Vicksburg, Mississippi. At the close of the war in
1865 the widowed mother removed to Carroll County, Missouri, and it
was with that locality that William W. Noffsinger first became
consciously familiar. He grew to manhood there, and in 1879 was
graduated with honor from the Columbia State College. Following this
he became a student of law in a local law office at Carrollton, and
in 1885 was admitted to the Missouri Bar. A year later he removed to
Pratt, Kansas, and in 1889, the year of the original opening of
Oklahoma Territory, established himself among the first attorneys of
Kingfisher. His home remained at Kingfisher until July 1, 1908, at
which date he located his office and residence in Muskogee.

Mr. Noffsinger is a republican in politics, and while living at
Kingfisher served as county attorney six years. He then served with
distinction in the last session of the Legislature of Oklahoma
Territory. In 1894 he was married at Kingfisher to Miss Frances BORT,
who was born in Michigan. While best known as a lawyer, Mr.
Noffsinger is a cultivated gentleman, a man of broad scholarship, is
a genial companion, and has a large following of loyal friends all
over the state.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Charmaine Keith, October 10, 1998.