Solomon Joseph Selvin was born on 31 January 1878 in Kuznitza, Lithuania. He attended four years of rabbinical school and then was drafted into the Czarist army where he served four years as clerk. He married Fannia Frank in 1904 and then moved to Murray, Utah, in 1908. He entered the clothing store business and earned enough to bring his family to Utah. He maintained his clothing store business until 1954. Throughout his life, Selvin served in various political and community capacities. He served in the Utah State Legislature and State Senate, was mayor of Tooele, was on the Tooele County Welfare Board, and was involved in many other civic concerns. Sol Selvin died on 18 August 1958.
From the guide to the Sol J. Selvin papers, 1937-1982, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)
