The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baxter, Lydia

​BAXTER, Lydia, poet, was born at Petersburg, Rensselaer county, N.Y., Sept. 2, 1809. She is chiefly known as the author of "The Gates Ajar," and other Sunday-school hymns, which became widely known and very popular. In 1855 she published a book of poems, principally of a religious character, entitled "Gems by the Wayside." She died in New York city, Jan. 23, 1874.

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