Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, he moved with his family to Greenfield, Ohio, at age 16, where he worked on a farm with his father.

[3] He married Anne M. Lewis, of Milan, Ohio, in 1834, and together they traveled to Winnebago County, Illinois, in 1836, where they purchased government land and started a farmstead.

He fought for the inclusion of progressive items such as the homestead exemption, an elected judiciary, and the rights of married women, and was opposed to a state bank.

With the Wisconsin Legislature set to elect a United States Senator in the next session, Noggle pledged he would not vote for a candidate who did not adhere to his position on slavery.

[1] Nevertheless, he remained a leader of the Republican caucus in the Assembly and in the legislative wrangling that secured the election of U.S. senator James Rood Doolittle.

Act 44), setting a referendum to amend the Wisconsin Constitution to extend voting rights to women and African Americans.

[12] After leaving office, he lived for a short time in Dubuque, Iowa, and was attorney for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad.

[3][2] On April 7, 1869, President Ulysses S. Grant nominated Noggle to be Chief Jof the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court, and he was confirmed by the senate two days later.

[13] As Noggle's four-year term was expiring, Grant renominated him to the same post on March 13, 1873, and he was confirmed by the senate five days later.