About Leviticus Lyon
Lived 1894 – 1958 (aged 63–64). Leviticus Lyon was an American musician and singer.
Leviticus Nelson Everell Lyon (1894–1958) was an American tenor vocalist, and stage director in New York City.
Life and career Leviticus Nelson Everell Lyon was born on May 29, 1894, in San Francisco, California, and raised in Oakland. His parents were Giraldo Gomez Lyon from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa; and Elizabeth Garland Lyon from Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies; he was Black. Leviticus held many jobs as a teenager, including as a janitor assistant, and as an elevator operator at the United States Customs Service in San Francisco. He was able to sing in Italian, German, French, and English.
In his late life he worked as stage director in Westchester County, New York.
The Lyon, Leviticus, 1894–1958 papers can be found at the Archives at Yale, Yale University.
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American musician (1894–1958)
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Leviticus Lyon was born on 29 May 1894 in San Francisco.
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Leviticus Lyon died in 1958.
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Leviticus Lyon was a musician and singer.
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