Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Behymer, Lynden Ellsworth 
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Author: Robert J. Burdette (1910)

LYNDEN ELLSWORTH BEHYMER, LOS ANGELES
Born at Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio, Nov. 5, 1862. Educated in public schools of
Shelbyville, Ill.; engaged in mechanical and mercantile pursuits in Illinois and
Dakota until coming to California in 1886; since 1892, manager and promoter of
musical, dramatic and literary events in Los Angeles; fourteen years manager of
Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, which (with Harley Hamilton) organized, and
seventeen years manager Woman's Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Behymer is also manager
of the Auditorium, Theater Beautiful, Simpson's Auditorium and the Great
Philharmonic Course. Elected to French Academy and received decoration of "The
Palms," March 1, 1908; active in all artistic and cultural movements to improve
the city. Mem. Al Malaikah Temple, Knights of Mystic Shrine, Scottish Rite
Mason, B. P. O. E. (No. 99), Gamut Club, Chamber of Commerce and M. & M. Assn.
Married Menettie Sparkes, Fredonia, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1885; three children, Enid,
Elsie, Glen.


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ROBERT J. BURDETTE
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THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO          LOS ANGELES          NEW YORK
1910


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