Career
He built the Lyman winery, now known as the El Molino winery. At one point Lyman owned the property of what is now the Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park. They had two sons: Theodore Benedict, Junior. and William Whittingham Lyman Junior.
During this time he was educated at the School of Mines, at Freiberg, Saxony, and at the University of Berlin.
In December, 1870, he returned to America, and in 1871 came to California, he engaged in wine-making, general farming, milling et cetera
Mr. Lyman was the Secretary of the Napa Valley Wine Company, one of the most extensive companies engaged in the wine business in the State.