- DAVID NOGGLE, also one of the early and prominent judges
of Rock county, was born in
- Franklin, Franklin county, Penn., October 19, 1809. He had
no opportunities for education beyond what was furnished by the
common schools, and his time spent even in these rudimentary
institutions was very limited; notwithstanding this, by almost
unaided efforts and tireless perseverance, he overcame the difficulties
of his surroundings sufficiently to fit himself as a teacher.
His general occupation prior to 1838 was farming, but by diligent
use of his time, he fitted himself for the bar, to which he was
admitted by the Supreme court of Illinois, and at once took a
high and commanding position in the profession. He married Miss
Anna M. LEWIS, of Milan, Ohio, October 15, 1834. In 1839 he located
at Beloit in the practice of his profession. In 1846 he was elected
a member of the first constitutional convention from the county
of Rock, and was elected by that body chairman of the committee
on corporations, other than banking and municipal, and became
prominent as one of the leading men of the convention.
- In 1854 he was elected member of the assembly from the city
of Janesville, to which place he had
- removed in 1850, and was re-elected to the same position
in 1857. He was subsequently elected judge of the First judicial
district to fill the un-expired term of Judge KEEP, and was re-elected
to the same position for the territory of Idaho, and having served
for five years, was compelled to resign on account of failing
health and the growing infirmities of age, which incapacitated
him for further active life. He died at Janesville in 1879.
-
- Taken from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. II"
by William Fiske Brown, (c)1908, pp. 723-724.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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