When Solomon Murray Martindale was born on 5 June 1909, in Cassia, Idaho, United States, his father, Solomon Alonzo Martindale, was 25 and his mother, Chloe Ann McMurray, was 27. He married Blanche Fairchild on 6 June 1928, in Cassia, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 6 May 1971, in Anderson, Shasta, California, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Happy Valley, Shasta, California, United States.