Salva was likely born in November 1879 in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1880 U.S. Census indicates Mary C. (Wilson) Dodridge and her 7 month old son, Phil S. Dodridge (some records spell it Doddridge), were living in St. Louis, Missouri with Mary's parents, Henry (a butcher) and Eliza Wilson. No husband is listed for Mary, but Phil's entry indicates his father was born in Ohio. Other than this 1880 census, no birth records for a 'Phil S. Dodridge' have been discovered however his tomb in the family mausoleum shows a birth year of 1881.
Salva's mother married Robert B. Young in 1882 and, presumably, he was adopted and given the name Salva P. Young.
In 1895, Salva was attending the Los Angeles Business College while living in the Roosevelt building at West 7th and South Flower streets. Soon thereafter, he matriculated at St. Mary's College, a catholic liberal arts school in Oakland, California. When he graduated in 1899, a newspaper account touted him as "...one of the best musicians that ever entered the college and has already figured as a composer." At graduation ceremonies, he delivered a discourse on "The Church and Art" and the newspaper noted he had taken steps to adopt architecture as his profession.
The 1901 Los Angeles city directory has an entry for Salva boarding at his parent's residence at 802 West 7th street with an occupation of "student." Perhaps he was an architecture apprentice in his father's office. The following year, he married Mabel Lucy Fouts in Salinas, California and established residence in San Francisco. How he met Miss Fouts and his reasons for moving north are unknown. The marriage was troubled because in 1905, Mabel filed for divorce charging Salva with intemperance, cruelty, and failure to provide.
On June 25, 1906, Salva died before the divorce went to trial. He passed away in Belmont, California from convulsions caused by delirium tremens with acute alcoholism as a contributing cause. There are no newspaper accounts of his death. He is entombed in the family mausoleum in Los Angeles.
Salva's mother married Robert B. Young in 1882 and, presumably, he was adopted and given the name Salva P. Young.
In 1895, Salva was attending the Los Angeles Business College while living in the Roosevelt building at West 7th and South Flower streets. Soon thereafter, he matriculated at St. Mary's College, a catholic liberal arts school in Oakland, California. When he graduated in 1899, a newspaper account touted him as "...one of the best musicians that ever entered the college and has already figured as a composer." At graduation ceremonies, he delivered a discourse on "The Church and Art" and the newspaper noted he had taken steps to adopt architecture as his profession.
The 1901 Los Angeles city directory has an entry for Salva boarding at his parent's residence at 802 West 7th street with an occupation of "student." Perhaps he was an architecture apprentice in his father's office. The following year, he married Mabel Lucy Fouts in Salinas, California and established residence in San Francisco. How he met Miss Fouts and his reasons for moving north are unknown. The marriage was troubled because in 1905, Mabel filed for divorce charging Salva with intemperance, cruelty, and failure to provide.
On June 25, 1906, Salva died before the divorce went to trial. He passed away in Belmont, California from convulsions caused by delirium tremens with acute alcoholism as a contributing cause. There are no newspaper accounts of his death. He is entombed in the family mausoleum in Los Angeles.
Salva was likely born in November 1879 in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1880 U.S. Census indicates Mary C. (Wilson) Dodridge and her 7 month old son, Phil S. Dodridge (some records spell it Doddridge), were living in St. Louis, Missouri with Mary's parents, Henry (a butcher) and Eliza Wilson. No husband is listed for Mary, but Phil's entry indicates his father was born in Ohio. Other than this 1880 census, no birth records for a 'Phil S. Dodridge' have been discovered however his tomb in the family mausoleum shows a birth year of 1881.
Salva's mother married Robert B. Young in 1882 and, presumably, he was adopted and given the name Salva P. Young.
In 1895, Salva was attending the Los Angeles Business College while living in the Roosevelt building at West 7th and South Flower streets. Soon thereafter, he matriculated at St. Mary's College, a catholic liberal arts school in Oakland, California. When he graduated in 1899, a newspaper account touted him as "...one of the best musicians that ever entered the college and has already figured as a composer." At graduation ceremonies, he delivered a discourse on "The Church and Art" and the newspaper noted he had taken steps to adopt architecture as his profession.
The 1901 Los Angeles city directory has an entry for Salva boarding at his parent's residence at 802 West 7th street with an occupation of "student." Perhaps he was an architecture apprentice in his father's office. The following year, he married Mabel Lucy Fouts in Salinas, California and established residence in San Francisco. How he met Miss Fouts and his reasons for moving north are unknown. The marriage was troubled because in 1905, Mabel filed for divorce charging Salva with intemperance, cruelty, and failure to provide.
On June 25, 1906, Salva died before the divorce went to trial. He passed away in Belmont, California from convulsions caused by delirium tremens with acute alcoholism as a contributing cause. There are no newspaper accounts of his death. He is entombed in the family mausoleum in Los Angeles.
Salva's mother married Robert B. Young in 1882 and, presumably, he was adopted and given the name Salva P. Young.
In 1895, Salva was attending the Los Angeles Business College while living in the Roosevelt building at West 7th and South Flower streets. Soon thereafter, he matriculated at St. Mary's College, a catholic liberal arts school in Oakland, California. When he graduated in 1899, a newspaper account touted him as "...one of the best musicians that ever entered the college and has already figured as a composer." At graduation ceremonies, he delivered a discourse on "The Church and Art" and the newspaper noted he had taken steps to adopt architecture as his profession.
The 1901 Los Angeles city directory has an entry for Salva boarding at his parent's residence at 802 West 7th street with an occupation of "student." Perhaps he was an architecture apprentice in his father's office. The following year, he married Mabel Lucy Fouts in Salinas, California and established residence in San Francisco. How he met Miss Fouts and his reasons for moving north are unknown. The marriage was troubled because in 1905, Mabel filed for divorce charging Salva with intemperance, cruelty, and failure to provide.
On June 25, 1906, Salva died before the divorce went to trial. He passed away in Belmont, California from convulsions caused by delirium tremens with acute alcoholism as a contributing cause. There are no newspaper accounts of his death. He is entombed in the family mausoleum in Los Angeles.
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